Ansgar

Ansgar, or Anscharius, "The Apostle of the North," was a Benedictine monk of the ninth century. Leaving his native country Picardy, he first settled in Westphalia, and subsequently travelled as a missionary over Denmark and Sweden, converting many. He was appointed Archbishop of Hamburg, and also of Bremen, and papal legate amongst the nations bordering on the Baltic. He died in 864, and was canonised.