Ansgar, who in 831 had returned to…

Ansgar, who in 831 had returned to Louis' court at Worms, had been appointed to the Archbishopric of Hamburg.

This is a new archbishopric with a see formed from those of Bremen and Verden, plus the right to send missions into all the northern lands and to consecrate bishops for them.

Ansgar had been consecrated in November 831, and, the arrangements having been at once approved by Gregory IV, he had gone to Rome to receive the pallium directly from the hands of the pope and to be named legate for the northern lands.

This commission had previously been bestowed upon Ebbo, Archbishop of Reims, but the jurisdiction is divided by agreement, with Ebbo retaining Sweden for himself.

For a time Ansgar devotes himself to the needs of his own diocese, which is still missionary territory with but a few churches.

He founds a monastery and a school in Hamburg; the school is intended to serve the Danish mission, but accomplishes little.