Patronage
Patron Saint of Scandinavia
The Catholic Church venerates St. Ansgar as the patron saint of Scandinavia. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.
St. Ansgar
Feast: February 3“The 'Apostle of the North' who brought Christianity to Scandinavia and served as the first Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen.”
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