RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ansgar

801 - 865

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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ansgar is the 601st most popular religious figure (down from 587th in 2019), the 638th most popular biography from France (up from 649th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Religious Figure.

Ansgar is most famous for being the first Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. He was an advisor to Charlemagne and a missionary to Denmark.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ansgar ranks 601 out of 3,187. Before him are Christina of Bolsena, Dōgen, Jephthah, Devadatta, Penitent thief, and Laban. After him are Beatrice Portinari, Kevin Farrell, Camillus de Lellis, Rashi, Sister Lúcia, and Bruno of Cologne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 801, Ansgar ranks 2. Before him is Al-Kindi. After him are Ya'qubi, Malcolm I of Scotland, Huang Chao, Theodora, Constantine II of Scotland, Leo Phokas the Elder, Enravota, Zoe Zaoutzaina, Eudokia Dekapolitissa, and Grímur Kamban. Among people deceased in 865, Ansgar ranks 2. Before him is Æthelberht, King of Wessex. After him are Kassia, and Paschasius Radbertus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ansgar ranks 638 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Walras (1834), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), Christine of France (1606), Claude of France (1547), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), and Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725). After him are Joseph Proust (1754), Karl Brandt (1904), Margaret of Anjou (1430), Camille Flammarion (1842), Jacques MacDonald (1765), and Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Ansgar ranks 35. Before him are Suger (1080), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), John Vianney (1786), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Charles de Foucauld (1858), and Luigi Lucheni (1873). After him are Rashi (1040), Peter the Hermit (1050), Clotilde (475), Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Antipope Clement VII (1342), and Peter Waldo (1140).

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