Ansgar
[ ans-gahr ]
noun
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.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin GarlandThe Life of St Ansgar, from which this story is taken, is practically a contemporary authority.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro ChadwickAnsgar started in the year of 830, accompanied by Witmar, also of the Corvey convent.
Sweden | Victor NilssonIn 846, Bremen was united to Hamburg and Ansgar was made archbishop.
The Rise of the Mediaeval Church | Alexander Clarence FlickAccordingly 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
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