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	''Saint Ansgar'' (d. 865), “the Apostle of the North”, was educated in Corbie and soon became a teacher there and in Corbie’s daughter house Corvey. After working as a missionary in Scandinavia he was appointed the first archbishop in the newly founded see of Hamburg and later the joint bishoprics Hamburg–Bremen. A Vita Anskarii (Life of Ansgar) was written by his successor [[Rimbertus]] shortly after his death.		'''Saint Ansgar''' (d. 865), “the Apostle of the North”, was educated in Corbie and soon became a teacher there and in Corbie’s daughter house Corvey. After working as a missionary in Scandinavia he was appointed the first archbishop in the newly founded see of Hamburg and later the joint bishoprics Hamburg–Bremen. A Vita Anskarii (Life of Ansgar) was written by his successor [[Rimbertus]] shortly after his death.

	==Officia==		==Officia==

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	Saint Ansgar (d. 865), “the Apostle of the North”, was educated in Corbie and soon became a teacher there and in Corbie’s daughter house Corvey. After working as a missionary in Scandinavia he was appointed the first archbishop in the newly founded see of Hamburg and later the joint bishoprics Hamburg–Bremen. A Vita Anskarii (Life of Ansgar) was written by his successor [[Rimbertus]] shortly after his death.		''Saint Ansgar'' (d. 865), “the Apostle of the North”, was educated in Corbie and soon became a teacher there and in Corbie’s daughter house Corvey. After working as a missionary in Scandinavia he was appointed the first archbishop in the newly founded see of Hamburg and later the joint bishoprics Hamburg–Bremen. A Vita Anskarii (Life of Ansgar) was written by his successor [[Rimbertus]] shortly after his death.

	==Officia==		==Officia==

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	Saint Ansgar (d. 865), “the Apostle of the North”, was educated in Corbie and soon became a teacher there and in Corbie’s daughter house Corvey. After working as a missionary in Scandinavia he was appointed the first archbishop in the newly founded see of Hamburg and later the joint bishoprics Hamburg–Bremen. A Vita Anskarii (Life of Ansgar) was written by his successor >Rimbertus shortly after his death.		Saint Ansgar (d. 865), “the Apostle of the North”, was educated in Corbie and soon became a teacher there and in Corbie’s daughter house Corvey. After working as a missionary in Scandinavia he was appointed the first archbishop in the newly founded see of Hamburg and later the joint bishoprics Hamburg–Bremen. A Vita Anskarii (Life of Ansgar) was written by his successor [[Rimbertus]] shortly after his death.
	Officia
			==Officia==
	Two offices were written for St. Ansgar; one in the German–Danish area (Alme Dei confessor), and one in Sweden (Lodovicus imperator).		Two offices were written for St. Ansgar; one in the German–Danish area (Alme Dei confessor), and one in Sweden (Lodovicus imperator).
	(1) Alme Dei confessor
	Title		===(1) Alme Dei confessor===

			=====Title=====
	The title Alme Dei confessor was introduced by the editor, HELANDER.		The title Alme Dei confessor was introduced by the editor, HELANDER.
	Incipit
			=====Incipit=====
	Alme Dei confessor, Anscari Bremensium pontifex ...		Alme Dei confessor, Anscari Bremensium pontifex ...
	Explicit
			=====Explicit=====
	... tenebras nostras, dux lucis ad ortum.		... tenebras nostras, dux lucis ad ortum.
	Metre/rhythm
			===== Metre/rhythm=====
	In the edition, the text is presented as verse with the following structure: First antiphon: 7p+10pp+13pp+8p+7p+13pp+12pp+8pp; Second antiphon: 7pp+8p+9p+6p+5p+9p; Third antiphon: 9p+7p+7pp+8p+6pp+8p. No regular metrical pattern can be established, and the text may as well be regarded as rhymed prose.		In the edition, the text is presented as verse with the following structure: First antiphon: 7p+10pp+13pp+8p+7p+13pp+12pp+8pp; Second antiphon: 7pp+8p+9p+6p+5p+9p; Third antiphon: 9p+7p+7pp+8p+6pp+8p. No regular metrical pattern can be established, and the text may as well be regarded as rhymed prose.
	Size
			=====Size=====
	First antiphon 8 lines, second antiphon 6 lines, third antiphon 6 lines.		First antiphon 8 lines, second antiphon 6 lines, third antiphon 6 lines.
	Edition
			====Edition====
	HELANDER, S. 1989: Ansgarskulten i Norden, Stockholm, 253 (of the versiculi and collectae which follow each antiphon, only the incipits and explicits are given).		HELANDER, S. 1989: Ansgarskulten i Norden, Stockholm, 253 (of the versiculi and collectae which follow each antiphon, only the incipits and explicits are given).
	Commentary
			====Commentary====
	HELANDER 1989 (see Edition), 48–50, 159–61.		HELANDER 1989 (see Edition), 48–50, 159–61.
	Summary of contents, composition and style
			====Summary of contents, composition and style====
	The office consists of three antiphons: for the Magnificat of the first vesper, the Benedictus of the lauds, and the Magnificat of the second vesper. Of these, the first antiphon seems to have been written in Denmark, whereas the second and third have been taken over from the German office Pastor apostolice (HELANDER 1989, 21, edited in AH 13, 41–43), written no later than the fourteenth century (HELANDER 1989, 50, 159–61). The first antiphon addresses Ansgar as bishop of Bremen (Bremensium pontifex) and “the glorious founder of the faith of the Danes” (Danorum fidei gloriose primifex; the word primifex not being found in any other Latin text), but nothing is said about the Swedes, who are, however, mentioned in the first antiphon of the Pastor apostolice. For the introductory words of the the first antiphon, cf. e.g. the Nicolas office Alme Dei confessor et pontifex Nicolaus (AH 34, 242).		The office consists of three antiphons: for the Magnificat of the first vesper, the Benedictus of the lauds, and the Magnificat of the second vesper. Of these, the first antiphon seems to have been written in Denmark, whereas the second and third have been taken over from the German office Pastor apostolice (HELANDER 1989, 21, edited in AH 13, 41–43), written no later than the fourteenth century (HELANDER 1989, 50, 159–61). The first antiphon addresses Ansgar as bishop of Bremen (Bremensium pontifex) and “the glorious founder of the faith of the Danes” (Danorum fidei gloriose primifex; the word primifex not being found in any other Latin text), but nothing is said about the Swedes, who are, however, mentioned in the first antiphon of the Pastor apostolice. For the introductory words of the the first antiphon, cf. e.g. the Nicolas office Alme Dei confessor et pontifex Nicolaus (AH 34, 242).
	Medieval reception and transmission
			====Medieval reception and transmission====
	Only one manuscript containing this office is known: Stockholm, Royal Library, A 35, Collectarium Danicum, fol. 34r–v, end of the fifteenth century, possibly from the diocese of Viborg in Denmark.		Only one manuscript containing this office is known: Stockholm, Royal Library, A 35, Collectarium Danicum, fol. 34r–v, end of the fifteenth century, possibly from the diocese of Viborg in Denmark.
	(2) Lodouicus imperator
			===(2) Lodouicus imperator===
	The Swedish office Lodouicus imperator is attributed to >Nicolaus Hermanni, bishop of Linköping.		The Swedish office Lodouicus imperator is attributed to >Nicolaus Hermanni, bishop of Linköping.
	Bibliography
	CARLÉ, B. & FRÖJMARK, A. 1996: “Danemark – Suède – Finlande,” in Hagiographies, vol. 2 (CCHAG), Turnhout, 505–6.		==Bibliography==
	EKENBERG, A., HALLENCREUTZ, C.F., HELANDER, S., HÄRDELIN, A. & ODELMAN, E. 1986: Boken om Ansgar, Stockholm, 181–214.		* CARLÉ, B. & FRÖJMARK, A. 1996: “Danemark – Suède – Finlande,” in Hagiographies, vol. 2 (CCHAG), Turnhout, 505–6.
	• HELANDER, S. 1989: Ansgarskulten i Norden, Stockholm.		* EKENBERG, A., HALLENCREUTZ, C.F., HELANDER, S., HÄRDELIN, A. & ODELMAN, E. 1986: Boken om Ansgar, Stockholm, 181–214.
			* • HELANDER, S. 1989: Ansgarskulten i Norden, Stockholm.

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by Eva Odelman

Saint Ansgar (d. 865), “the Apostle of the North”, was educated in Corbie and soon became a teacher there and in Corbie’s daughter house Corvey. After working as a missionary in Scandinavia he was appointed the first archbishop in the newly founded see of Hamburg and later the joint bishoprics Hamburg–Bremen. A Vita Anskarii (Life of Ansgar) was written by his successor >Rimbertus shortly after his death.
Officia
Two offices were written for St. Ansgar; one in the German–Danish area (Alme Dei confessor), and one in Sweden (Lodovicus imperator).
(1) Alme Dei confessor
Title
The title Alme Dei confessor was introduced by the editor, HELANDER.
Incipit
Alme Dei confessor, Anscari Bremensium pontifex ...
Explicit
... tenebras nostras, dux lucis ad ortum.
Metre/rhythm
In the edition, the text is presented as verse with the following structure: First antiphon: 7p+10pp+13pp+8p+7p+13pp+12pp+8pp; Second antiphon: 7pp+8p+9p+6p+5p+9p; Third antiphon: 9p+7p+7pp+8p+6pp+8p. No regular metrical pattern can be established, and the text may as well be regarded as rhymed prose.
Size
First antiphon 8 lines, second antiphon 6 lines, third antiphon 6 lines.
Edition
HELANDER, S. 1989: Ansgarskulten i Norden, Stockholm, 253 (of the versiculi and collectae which follow each antiphon, only the incipits and explicits are given).
Commentary
HELANDER 1989 (see Edition), 48–50, 159–61.
Summary of contents, composition and style
The office consists of three antiphons: for the Magnificat of the first vesper, the Benedictus of the lauds, and the Magnificat of the second vesper. Of these, the first antiphon seems to have been written in Denmark, whereas the second and third have been taken over from the German office Pastor apostolice (HELANDER 1989, 21, edited in AH 13, 41–43), written no later than the fourteenth century (HELANDER 1989, 50, 159–61). The first antiphon addresses Ansgar as bishop of Bremen (Bremensium pontifex) and “the glorious founder of the faith of the Danes” (Danorum fidei gloriose primifex; the word primifex not being found in any other Latin text), but nothing is said about the Swedes, who are, however, mentioned in the first antiphon of the Pastor apostolice. For the introductory words of the the first antiphon, cf. e.g. the Nicolas office Alme Dei confessor et pontifex Nicolaus (AH 34, 242).
Medieval reception and transmission
Only one manuscript containing this office is known: Stockholm, Royal Library, A 35, Collectarium Danicum, fol. 34r–v, end of the fifteenth century, possibly from the diocese of Viborg in Denmark.
(2) Lodouicus imperator
The Swedish office Lodouicus imperator is attributed to >Nicolaus Hermanni, bishop of Linköping.
Bibliography
CARLÉ, B. & FRÖJMARK, A. 1996: “Danemark – Suède – Finlande,” in Hagiographies, vol. 2 (CCHAG), Turnhout, 505–6.
EKENBERG, A., HALLENCREUTZ, C.F., HELANDER, S., HÄRDELIN, A. & ODELMAN, E. 1986: Boken om Ansgar, Stockholm, 181–214.
• HELANDER, S. 1989: Ansgarskulten i Norden, Stockholm.

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