Saint Gustav the Hermit

Also known as

• Götstaf the Hermit

Memorial

• 10 March

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May have been the first person in Sweden baptized by Saint Ansgar of Hamburg-Bremen. Hermit in northern Sweden.

Born

• c.810 in Sweden

Died

• 10 March 890 in northern Sweden of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gustav the Hermit”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 March 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gustav-the-hermit/>