Page "Ludger" Paragraph 3

After Ludger had been ordained at Cologne on 7 July 777 the missions of Ostergau ( or Ostracha, i. e., East Frisia ) were committed to his charge, of which missions Dokkum, the place of the martyrdom of Saint Boniface, was made the centre.

Every autumn however he came back to Utrecht to teach at the cathedral school.

He worked in this way for about seven years, until Widukind in 784 persuaded the Frisians to drive out the missionaries, burn the churches, and return to the pagan gods.

Ludger escaped with his disciples.