Ansgar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ansgar

saint, Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-0801

Place of Birth: Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 03-Feb-0865

Profession: writer, diplomat, missionary, Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Saint Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, 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.