commanded, "Islands, listen to me, pay attention, remotest peoples", which Ansgar interpreted as God's will that he go to the Scandinavian countries as "most of that country consisted of islands, and also, when 'I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth' was added, since the end of the world in the north was in Swedish territory". See also List of Eastern Orthodox saints Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church) Hochkirchlicher Apostolat St. Ansgar Priory of St. Ansgar Sankt-Ansgar-Schule Vita Ansgarii References Further reading Jakobsson, Sverrir. Mission Miscarried: The Narrators of the Ninth-Century Missions to Scandinavia and Central Europe. Bulgaria Medievalis 2 (2011), 49–69. Palmer, James T., Rimbert's Vita Anskarii and the Scandinavian Mission in the Ninth Century. Journal of Ecclesiastical History 55/2 (2004), 235–56. Pryce, Mark. Literary Companion to the Festivals: A Poetic Gathering to Accompany Liturgical Celebrations of Commemorations and Festivals. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003. Tschan, Francis J. History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen. New York: Columbia University Press, 1959. External links Ansgar at Birka History of Birka Vita Ansgari, English translation from Medieval sourcebook German History Forum ANSKAR The Apostle of the North (801–865). Translated from the Vita Anskarii by Bishop Rimbert his fellow missionary and successor. BY CHARLES H. ROBINSON. Im BTM format |- 801 births 865 deaths Diplomats of the Holy See Danish Roman Catholic saints Medieval Swedish saints Bishops in the Carolingian Empire Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen Viking Age clergy 9th-century Christian saints Saints from East Francia 9th-century people from East Francia Christian missionaries in Denmark Christian missionaries in Sweden Medieval Danish saints 9th-century Latin writers Writers from the Carolingian Empire Anglican saints