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Saint Rimbert or Rembert (Flanders, *830 – 11 June, 888
888

Events...
*, in Bremen) was archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 865 until his death.

A monk in Turholt (Torhout
Torhout

Torhout is a municipality located in the Belgium province of West Flanders. The municipality only comprises the city of Torhout proper. On January 1 2006 Torhout had a total population of 19,453....
), he shared a missionary
Missionary

A 'missionary' is a member of a religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith; someone who Proselytism. The word "mission" is derived from the Latin missioninimus...
 trip to Scandinavia
Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
 with his friend Ansgar
Ansgar

Saint Ansgar, Anskar or Oscar, was an Archbishopric of Bremen. The see of Hamburg was designated a "Mission to bring Christianity to the Northern Europe", and Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North"....
, whom he later succeeded as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen in 865. He also wrote a biography about Ansgar, Vita Ansgari
Vita Ansgari

Vita Ansgari is the biography of Ansgar, written by Rimbert, his successor as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen....
.

Rimbert is revered as a saint
Saint

A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
 particularly in Friesland
Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the bigger region known as Frisia. In order to distinguish it from the other Frisian regions, it is commonly specified as Westerlauwer Frisia, Westerlauwer Friesland, West Frisia or West Friesland....
. His feast day
Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christianity method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as that saint's feast day....
 is 4 February.








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Saint Rimbert or Rembert (Flanders, *830 – 11 June, 888
888

Events...
*, in Bremen) was archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 865 until his death.

A monk in Turholt (Torhout
Torhout

Torhout is a municipality located in the Belgium province of West Flanders. The municipality only comprises the city of Torhout proper. On January 1 2006 Torhout had a total population of 19,453....
), he shared a missionary
Missionary

A 'missionary' is a member of a religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith; someone who Proselytism. The word "mission" is derived from the Latin missioninimus...
 trip to Scandinavia
Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
 with his friend Ansgar
Ansgar

Saint Ansgar, Anskar or Oscar, was an Archbishopric of Bremen. The see of Hamburg was designated a "Mission to bring Christianity to the Northern Europe", and Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North"....
, whom he later succeeded as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen in 865. He also wrote a biography about Ansgar, Vita Ansgari
Vita Ansgari

Vita Ansgari is the biography of Ansgar, written by Rimbert, his successor as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen....
.

Rimbert is revered as a saint
Saint

A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
 particularly in Friesland
Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the bigger region known as Frisia. In order to distinguish it from the other Frisian regions, it is commonly specified as Westerlauwer Frisia, Westerlauwer Friesland, West Frisia or West Friesland....
. His feast day
Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christianity method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as that saint's feast day....
 is 4 February.

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