Ludger founds the abbey at Werden (after …
Years: 804 - 804
Ludger founds the abbey at Werden (after an abortive attempt to establish a religious house at Wichmond on the Erft) in 799 and consecrates it in 804, on ground which Ludger himself had acquired, in fulfillment of his desire, formed since his stay at Monte Cassino, to found a Benedictine house.
The little church which Ludger has built here in honor of Saint Stephen is completed in 804 and dedicated by Ludger himself.
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People
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- Franks
- Saxony, Old
- Saxons
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Frisians
- Benedictines, or Order of St. Benedict
- Francia (Carolingians)
- Frankish, or Carolingian (Roman) Empire
- Saxony, Duchy of
