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This page is a list of Scandinavian saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in Sweden , Norway , Iceland , Finland , and Denmark .
This is a list of Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, and Servants of God who were born in, lived in, died in, or visited Europe. Lists of saints by country or region [ edit ]
Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, [4] Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" because of his travels and the See of Hamburg received the missionary mandate to bring ...
Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373), Patron Saint of Europe.. This list of Swedish saints includes all Christian saints with connections to Sweden, either because they were of Swedish origin and ethnicity or because they travelled to the Swedish people from their own homeland and became noted in their hagiography for their work.
Saints who are also venerated by the Eastern Orthodox Church are in Category:German saints or its subcategories Category:Saints of Germania and Category:Medieval German saints. Pages in category "German Roman Catholic saints"
St. Sebaldus Church (St. Sebald, Sebalduskirche) is a medieval church in Nuremberg, Germany. Along with Frauenkirche (Our Lady's Church) and St. Lorenz, it is one of the most important churches of the city, and also one of the oldest. It is located at the Albrecht-Dürer-Platz, in front of the old city hall.
During the centuries following the fall of Rome, as the East–West Schism between the dioceses loyal to the Pope of Rome in the West and those loyal to the other Patriarchs in the East grew, most of the Germanic peoples (excepting the Crimean Goths and a few other eastern groups) would gradually become strongly allied with the Catholic Church ...
Since 1978 this has been used as a country holiday centre for schools. In 1960 the Bishop of Mainz built a chapel here that, like the abbey church, is dedicated to the honour of God and All Saints. Also, now on the site are a café and a small museum. [5] Below the ruins are the All Saints' Waterfalls ("Allerheiligen-Wasserfälle"). [6]