city
Ribe
Ribe, Jutland, Denmark · North & Northeast Europe
55.328, 8.761
Attested. Attested by Rimbert and by the excavated Christian cemetery.
Rimbert says Ansgar was given land for a second Danish church at Ribe in the 850s-860s. Excavations have found 9th-century Christian burials there. Ribe became one of Denmark's first bishoprics in 948.
Source stance: insider. Missionary hagiography; archaeology is neutral.
People and groups named here
- Ansgar
Sources
- Rimbert, Life of Anskar (Birka, Schleswig/Hedeby, Ribe)
tr. C. H. Robinson (1921), public domain; Fordham Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Ribe Cathedral (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.