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Originally Posted by muppet
Trueviking,
what does Boniface mean? Its weird but i was thinking about that word -cool name for my new dog - walking up the hill to this library....
Why havent they rebuilt the cathedral, and how old is it?
That ruin on the last pic does look brilliant tho'.
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apparently boniface means, one who does good deeds...more importantly it was the name of an english missionary who is the patron saint of germany.
http://www.stboniface.org.uk/whowas.htm
it is also the name of the french quarter of winnipeg...not sure what the connection is.
the cathedral is the oldest one in western canada, but is not a lot more than a hundred years old...the original one was built on that site in 1811, but it also burned down.
they did build a smaller modern church in the back part of the shell....because of financial constraints they didnt reconstruct it....it is quite beautiful as it is, the old walls create a courtyard for the modern church nestled inside the ruin.
