Saint Ludger's Abbey in the context of Imperial Abbey


Saint Ludger's Abbey in the context of Imperial Abbey

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St. Ludger's Abbey (German: Kloster St. Ludgeri) was a former monastery of the Benedictine Order in Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, founded by Saint Ludger around 800. Until it was secularised in 1802 it was an Imperial Abbey, with sovereignty over the whole town of Helmstedt until the 15th century.

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Saint Ludger's Abbey in the context of Hoger (abbot)

Hoger (Latin: Hogerus; died 906) was the abbot of Werden and Saint Ludger in Helmstedt from 898 until 902.

From Duke Otto I of Saxony, he acquired the field in the Herzfeld where the body of Saint Ida was buried.

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