A depiction of Saint Ansgar by Siegfried Bendixen from the Church Trinitatis, in Hamburg, Germany
Apostle of the North
Born
8 September 801 Corbie, Frankish Kingdom
Died
3 February 865(865-02-03) (aged 63) Bremen, East Francia
Venerated in
Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion[1] Lutheranism[2]
Feast
3 February
Attributes
Dressed in archbishop's attire with a model of the church
Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar,[3]Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" because of his travels and the See of Hamburg received the missionary mandate to bring Christianity to Northern Europe.[4][5]
^"Anskar, Bishop and Missionary, 865". The Episcopal Church. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^"Notable Lutheran Saints". Resurrectionpeople.org. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^"Common Worship texts: Festivals". The Church of England. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
^Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Anschar" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^Fr. Paolo O. Pirlo, SHMI (1997). "St. Ansgar". My First Book of Saints. Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate – Quality Catholic Publications. p. 41. ISBN 971-91595-4-5.
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