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Saint

Rimbert of Hamburg

Archbishop of Hamburg-⁠Bremen

Archbishop of Hamburg-⁠Bremen and successor of Saint Ansgar, reposed in 865.

Feast
February 4old style February 17
Reposed
8889th century
Place
Hamburg-⁠Bremen

Life

Holy Hierarch Rimbert of Hamburg (born around 830, reposed 11 June 888) was Archbishop of Hamburg-⁠Bremen from 865 until his repose, as the successor of Saint Ansgar, the apostle of the North. He is best known as the author of the Life of Saint Ansgar, the "Vita Ansgari", one of the most widely read saints' lives of the Middle Ages. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 4 February (new calendar).

Commemorated the same day February 4