Boniface of Savoy
Archbishop of Canterbury
Feast: 14 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Boniface, son of Count Thomas of Savoy, became a Carthusian as a child and Bishop of Belley in 1234. Uncle of Queen Eleanor of England, he was elected Archbishop of Canterbury after St Edmund's death and consecrated by the Pope at Lyons on 15 January 1245.
Finding his see deep in debt, he cut every needless office and paid off 22,000 marks, built and endowed the hospital at Maidstone, and finished the archbishop's great hall. He died in Savoy on 14 July 1270.
The miracles
Pope Gregory XVI approved the honour long paid to him as immemorial; the Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
An archbishop who put his Church's affairs in order and cared for the sick.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Eleanor of Provence Saint“One niece, Eleanor of Provence, was married to King Henry III of England, and another was married to King Louis IX of France.” — Wikipedia
- Louis IX of France Saint“One niece, Eleanor of Provence, was married to King Henry III of England, and another was married to King Louis IX of France.” — Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Boniface of Savoy
- Wikidata Q1174361 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Boniface of Savoy (bishop) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.