Ansgar

[ ans-gahr ]

noun
  1. Saint "Apostle of the North", 801–865, French Benedictine priest and missionary: patron saint of Scandinavia.

  • Latin Ans·gar·i·us [ans-gair-ee-uhs] /ænsˈgɛər i əs/ .
  • Also Ans·kar [an-skahr] /ˈæn skɑr/ .

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How to use Ansgar in a sentence

  • We booked a circuit which included St. Ansgar and Mitchell, two villages, one four, the other ten miles to the north.

  • The Life of St Ansgar, from which this story is taken, is practically a contemporary authority.

    The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
  • Ansgar started in the year of 830, accompanied by Witmar, also of the Corvey convent.

    Sweden | Victor Nilsson
  • In 846, Bremen was united to Hamburg and Ansgar was made archbishop.

    The Rise of the Mediaeval Church | Alexander Clarence Flick
  • Accordingly in 829 Ansgar, expelled from Denmark, went to Sweden where he laboured two years with some success.

    The Rise of the Mediaeval Church | Alexander Clarence Flick