Editing Ansgar (section)

==Death and legacy==

Ansgar was buried in [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]] in 865. His successor as archbishop, [[Rimbert]], wrote the ''[[Vita Ansgari]]i''. He noted that Ansgar wore a rough hair shirt, lived on bread and water, and showed great charity to the poor. Adam of Bremen attributed the ''Vita et miracula of Willehad'' (first bishop of Bremen) to Ansgar in ''Gesta Hammenburgensis ecclesiæ''; Ansgar is also the reputed author of a collection of brief prayers ''Pigmenta'' (ed. J. M. Lappenberg, Hamburg, 1844).<ref>Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). "Ansgar". [[New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge]] (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls</ref> [[Pope Nicholas I]] declared Ansgar a saint shortly after the missionary's death. The first actual missionary in Sweden and the [[Nordic countries]] (and organizer of the Catholic church therein), Ansgar was later declared "Patron of [[Scandinavia]]".<ref name=SHMI />

Relics are located in [[Hamburg]] in two places: St. Mary's Cathedral (Ger.: Domkirche St. Marien) and St. Ansgar's and St. Bernard's Church (Ger.: St. Ansgar und St. Bernhard Kirche).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gpsmycity.com/attractions/st-marys-cathedral-31826.html|title = St. Mary's Cathedral in Hamburg, Germany}}</ref>
Statues of Bishop Ansgar stand in [[Hamburg]], [[Copenhagen]] and [[Ribe]], as well as a stone cross at [[Birka]]. His [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|feast day]] ([[Lesser Festival (Anglicanism)|Lesser Festival]]) is [[February 3|3 February]], as it is in the [[Church of England]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=2021-03-27|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref> the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]],<ref name="teccalendar" /> and the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Evangelical Lutheran Worship Leaders Desk Edition |publisher=Augsburg Fortress |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8066-5620-5 |edition=8th (2019) Printing |location=Minneapolis, MN |pages=58}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.renewingworship.org/ELW/content/PDF/ChurchYear_asm_20060119.pdf|title=The Church Year|date=January 2006|website=Renewing Worship|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908112753/http://www.renewingworship.org/ELW/content/PDF/ChurchYear_asm_20060119.pdf|archive-date=September 8, 2006|access-date=April 14, 2020}}</ref>