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Saint Ansgar
Saint Ansgar

Saint Ansgar

Also known as: Amschar; Anscario; Anschar; Anscharius; Ansgario; Ansgarius; Anskar; Apostle of the North; Apostle of Scandanavia; Oscar; Scharies

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

3-Feb

Born

801 at Amiens, Picardy, France

Died

3 February 865 at Bremen, Germany; relics at Bremen and Hamburg in Germany, and Copenhagen, Denmark

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

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Biography

Saint Ansgar, also known as the Apostle of the North, was born in 801 in Amiens, Picardy, France. He hailed from the French nobility and displayed a deep devotion to the Catholic faith from a young age.

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