[[Image:Ansgar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|St. Ansgar, etching by Hugo Hamilton (1830)]]
Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Ansgar''', [[Apostle]] of the North and [[Enlightener]] of Denmark (also '''Anskar''' or '''Oscar'''), [[Apostle]] of the North and [[Enlightener]] of Denmark and Sweden, ([[September 8]](?), 801 – [[February 3]], 865) was [[archbishop]] of Hamburg-Bremen. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on the date of his repose, February 3.
==Life==