Saint Ansgar
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- Also known as
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Amschar
Anschar
Ansgarius
Anskar
Apostle of the North
Scharies
- Memorial
- 3 February
- Profile
- Born to the French nobility.
Benedictine monk at Old Corbie Abbey in Picardy, and New Corbie in Westphalia.
Studied under Saint Adelard and Saint Paschasius Radbert.
Accompanied the converted King Harold to Denmark when the exiled king returned home.
Missionary to Denmark and Sweden.
Founded first Christian church in Sweden c.832.
Abbot of New Corbie c.834.
Archbishop of Hamburg, ordained by Pope Gregory IV.
Papal legate to the Scandanavian countries.
Established the first Christian school in Denmark, but was run out by pagans, and the school was burned to the ground.
Campaigned against slavery.
Archbishop of Bremen.
Converted Erik, King of Jutland.
Great preacher, a miracle worker, and greatly devoted to the poor and sick.
Sadly, after his death most of his gains for the Church were lost to resurgent paganism.
- Born
- 801 at Amiens, Picardy, France
- Died
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3 February 865 at Bremen, Germany
relics at Bremen, Hamburg, and Copenhagen
- Patronage
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Denmark
Hamburg, Germany, diocese of
Scandinavia
Sweden
- Representation
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holding the catheral of Hamburg, Germany
man wearing a fur pelise
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
Encyclopedia Britannica
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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- Readings
- If I were worthy of such a favor from my God, I would ask that he grant me this one miracle: that by His grace He would make of me a good man.
- Saint Ansgar to a parishioner who was praising him for being a miracle worker