Apostle of the North explained

Apostle of the North is a term applied to several religious people:

• Ansgar (801–865), archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
• Bernard Gilpin (1517–1583), English cleric
• Hyacinth of Poland (c.1185–1257), Polish priest
• John Macdonald (Apostle of the North) (1779–1849), minister of the Church of Scotland
  • The Apostle of the North, a biography of Macdonald by John Kennedy of Dingwall

See also

• Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558), German Lutheran reformer known as the "Second Apostle of the North"
• Rimbert (830–888), archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen known as the "Second Apostle of the North"
• Unni (bishop), archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen (916–936) and missionary in Sweden known as the "Third Apostle of the North"