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Contrary to what one might have expected, the Anskar cult was slow to be
established in the Scandinavian countries. In Lund archbishopric it was
originally celebrated on September 9, but moved to February 3 in the
thirteenth century. In most other Scandinavian dioceses, there are few if
any traces of the cult before the later Middle Ages, but then it was on the
other hand often celebrated on February 4, because of the interference with
St. Blaise on February 3. The renewed interest for Saint Anskar in the end
of the middle ages is partly due to a better knowledge of the history of
Christianization in the North, but also to political tensions between the
Swedish and the Danish Church provinces.
Anders Fröjmark
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 19:44:50 -0600, Phyllis Jestice
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Today (3. February) is the feast day of:
>
>>Anskar (d. 865) Anskar was a native of northern Francia who became a
>monk at Corbie, then moved to the daughter house of Corvey. Soon
>after his transfer, A. took to missionary work. He was sent to
>Denmark with a fellow monk to convert Danes. A. went back to Saxony,
>but soon a Swedish king requested his services, so he evangelized in
>Sweden. In 831 A. was made abbot of Corvey and bishop of the new see
>of Hamburg. A's vita, written by his successor Rimbert, makes it
>plain that A. continued to work until the end of his life to
>establish Christianity in Scandinavia, but with few helpers, little
>support, and little permanent success.
>
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