Saint Bruno of Querfurt (c. 974 – February 14, 1009), also known as Brun and Boniface, is a sainted missionary bishop and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and Lithuania while trying to spread Christianity in Eastern Europe. He is also called the second Apostle of the Prussians (Old Prussians).
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“It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.”
—Giordano Bruno (1548–1600)
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