Saint Ansbert of Rouen

Memorial

• 9 February

Profile

Chancellor at the court of King Clotaire III. Married; with his wife’s permission, he retired to become a Benedictine monk at Fontenelle in Normandy, France. Abbot of Fontenelle. Archbishop of Rouen, France in 683. Exiled to Hainaut by Pepin of Heristal.

Born

• at Chaussy-sur-Epte, France

Died

• 695 at Hainaut (part of modern Belgium) of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ansbert of Rouen“. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 February 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>