Ludger of Münster

Patron ofdiocese of Münster

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Life

Ludger was a Frisian missionary and the first Bishop of Münster. Educated in Utrecht and York under Alcuin, he spent years preaching among the Frisians and Saxons. He founded the abbey of Werden and established the diocese of Münster, where he served until his death in 809.

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