Ansgar's successor, Rimbert, the "second apostle of the north," was troubled by onslaughts first by Normans and then by Wends, and by Cologne's renewed claims to supremacy.
Ansgari järglast Rimberti, "teist põhja apostlit", vaevasid esmalt normannide ja siis vendide kallaletungid ning Kölni uuenenud nõuded ülemvõimule.