Category:Saint Ansgar

Saint Ansgar (Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen) Ansgar of Bremen (also known as Anskar or Anshar) was a monk of the Benedictine Order, Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen and missionary bishop for Scandinavia. The Roman Catholic Church venerates the "Apostle of the North" as a saint. Born: 801 Died: † February 3 865 in Bremen Feast Day: Catholic: 3rd February ( Not Obligatory memorials in the General Roman Calendar ) in the Archdiocese of Hamburg : Solemnity in the diocese of Osnabrück : Memorial Bremen: 9th September - Translation of the Relics Evangelical: 3rd February Anglican: 3rd February Orthodox: 3rd February Depicted: Ansgar is shown as a bishop dressed with fur, because he is an apostle of the north, or surrounded by converted pagans, or with a model of the church in his hand. Patronage: of the historic bishoprics of Bremen and Hamburg and is now the Archdiocese of Hamburg