Saint Nithard

Memorial

• 4 February

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Benedictine monk at New Corbie Abbey, Saxony (in modern Germany). Worked with Saint Ansgar, preaching to pagans in Scandinavia. Martyred by pagan Swedes.

Died

• 845

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Nithard”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 February 2010. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-nithard/>