Editing Boniface of Savoy (bishop) (section)

==Death and aftermath==

[[File:Boniface de Savoie.jpg|thumb|The nineteenth century tomb of Boniface de Savoie at the Abbaye d’Hautecombe]]

The [[English Gothic architecture#Early English Gothic|Early English Gothic]] chapel of Lambeth Palace dates from work carried out while Boniface was archbishop.<ref name=Survey>Roberts and Godfrey ''Survey of London: Volume 23: Lambeth: South Bank and Vauxhall''</ref> Boniface left England in November 1268 and never returned.<ref name=DNB/> He died 18 July 1270,<ref name=Handbook233/> in Savoy. He was buried with his family in the [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] abbey of [[Hautecombe Abbey|Hautecombe]] in Savoy.<ref name=DNB/> In his will, he left legacies to all the houses of the Franciscans and Dominicans in the diocese of Canterbury.<ref name=Burton121>Burton ''Monastic and Religious Orders'' p. 121</ref> His will had differing provisions for his burial depending on whether he died in England, France, or near the Alps.<ref name=Struggle437>Carpenter ''Struggle for Mastery'' pp. 437–438</ref> Oddly enough, his official seal included a head of the pagan god [[Serapis|Jupiter Serapis]] along with the usual depiction of the archbishop in full vestments.<ref name=Seals65>Harvey and McGuinness ''Guide to British Medieval Seals'' p. 65</ref>

After his death, Boniface's tomb was the center of a cult, and when the tomb was opened in 1580, his body was found to be perfectly preserved. The tomb and effigy were destroyed in the [[French Revolution]], his remains were reburied and a new tomb built in 1839. He was [[Beatification|beatified]] by Pope [[Pope Gregory XVI|Gregory XVI]] in 1839,<ref name=DNB/> and his feast day is 14 July.<ref name=DictSaint>Delaney ''Dictionary of Saints'' p. 104</ref>

Although Matthew Paris disapproved of Boniface,<ref name=Gibbs19>Gibbs ''Bishops and Reform'' p. 19</ref> modern historians have seen him as a responsible archbishop. The historian [[David Carpenter (historian)|D. A. Carpenter]] says that Boniface "became a respected and reforming archbishop".<ref name=Struggle342>Carpenter ''Struggle for Mastery'' p. 342</ref> His episcopal registers do not survive.<ref name=DNB/>