Saint Rembert of Hamburg

Also known as

• Rimbert

Memorial

• 4 February

Profile

Benedictine monk at Turhout, Belgium. Worked with Saint Ansgar as a missionary to pagan Scandinavia. Bishop of Hamburg-Bremen, Germany in 865 with jurisdiction over Denmark and Sweden. Worked to evangelize the Slavs in his region, and ransomed Christian captives. Wrote a biography of Saint Ansgar.

Born

• near Bruges, Flanders, Belgium

Died

• 888 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Rembert of Hamburg“. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 February 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>