Confrater Boniface Schneider, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1854-1872)

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Born William Schneider on September 1, 1854 in Birmingham, Pennsylvania, he entered the Passionist novitiate on April 23, 1871. On January 28, 1872 smallpox attacked some of the novices. When he came down with the disease he was sent home to be cared for by his family. He professed his vows as a Passionist on his death bed.