
: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Friday , February 3, 2012 Ansgar Anskar in Latin , Ansgarius was a monk of Saxon family , born in 801 the year after the crowning of Charlemagne In 826, when King Harald of Denmark asked Charlemagne's successors for missionaries , Anskar led a group to Denmark , and a few years later to Sweden . Because of unsettled political conditions , his work ran into difficulties , and Anskar withdrew into Germany , where he served as first Archbishop of Hamburg . Later , however , he helped to consecrate Gotbert , the first bishop of Sweden . The Church of Sweden honors him as its apostle , and he serves as symbol of the historic