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Title: Saint Anskar Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 19, 2020, 09:59:08 PM Saint Anskar (Ansgar) (801-865) was the son of a noble Frankish family near Amiens. After his mother's early demise, he was brought up in Corbie Abbey, and was educated at the Benedictine monastery in Picardy. Title: Re: Saint Anskar Post by: CyrilSebastian on July 29, 2020, 11:37:42 AM In 822 Anskar became one of many missionaries sent to found the abbey of Corvey in Westphalia, where he became a teacher and preacher. Title: Re: Saint Anskar Post by: CyrilSebastian on May 23, 2022, 06:44:45 PM In 829, after the Swedish king Bjorn at Hague requested missionaries for his Swedes, King Louis sent Anskar. Anskar preached and made converts. Title: Re: Saint Anskar Post by: CyrilSebastian on August 02, 2024, 06:21:16 PM In 831 Anskar returned to King Louis' court at Worms and was appointed to the Archbishopric of Hamburg-Bremen. Title: Re: Saint Anskar Post by: CyrilSebastian on January 27, 2026, 04:40:43 PM Anskar was consecrated as a bishop in November 831, with the approval of Pope Gregory IV. |