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
- Order
- Hierarchs
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).
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