Gustav

Saint Gustav, called the Hermit, was a hermit monk, companion of Saint Oscar (Ansgar), apostle of Scandinavia. He was born around 810 and died on 10 March 890 in Sweden. He is regarded as the first person baptized in the region, in the 820s of the 9th century, and from then on traveled with his teacher as a missionary. Scandinavian accounts show that he stood out by the ease with which he spoke with the inhabitants of the country. Later, until his death, he led a life of solitude, devoted to prayer and penance, in the north of Sweden.

It is not known when he was canonized. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church, in the Western tradition.