What area of the world did Benedict III focus on for missionary work?
Far East
Scandinavia
Americas
Africa
Answer
Scandinavia was the area of the world that Benedict III focused on for missionary work. He sent two monks, Ansgar and Autbert, to the region in 826 to convert the pagans there to Christianity. Ansgar later became the first archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, and he continued to work to spread Christianity in Scandinavia until his death in 865.
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