ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 3rd of February
ERIMBERT, PRIEST AND MISSIONARY
On February 3, we also remember Erimbert (Erimbertus). A missionary in Sweden, he was involved in the first attempts at proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ in that country. These efforts took place in the ninth century, and are linked to Saint Witmar (Witmarus). (I. 318)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 82)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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