Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Birka and Hovgården' has mentioned 'Missionary' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| No texts survive from this area, though the written text Vita Ansgari ("The life of Ansgar") by Rimbert (c. 865) describes the missionary work of Ansgar around 830 at Birka, and Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church) by Adam of Bremen in 1075 describes the archbishop Unni, who died at Birka in 936. | WIKI |
| The town was the center of Catholic missionary activities in the 9th century Sweden. | WIKI |
| Ansgar was already experienced in the missionary work in Denmark, and set forth to Sweden. | WIKI |
| Ansgar's missionary work resulted in first churches to be built in Sweden. | WIKI |
| Archbishopric of Hamburg-Bremen that oversaw the missionary work in Scandinavia until 1103, had appointed bishops to Sweden at least from 1014 onwards, the first see being in Skara. | WIKI |
| John seems to have been situated in Birka in order to prepare for the missionary work among the many heathen people that flooded to Birca from around the Baltic coasts. | WIKI |
| This was a logical continuation to Birka's position as the first missionary town in Sweden. | WIKI |
| Birka is also notable as the place of the first recorded attempt to Christianize the Swedes, by the Frankish missionary Anskar in 829-831. | UNESCO |