ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 29th of March WELCOME! SAINT LUDOLPH, BISHOP AND MARTYR Saint Ludolph was the eighth bishop of Ratzeburg, the first of that name. He is called a martyr because he patiently endured persecution, shame and banishment for the expansion and freedom of the Church. HE WAS EXILED Elected in 1236, he also lived as a bishop like a religious, having previously belonged to the Premonstratensian order. He had constant struggles with Duke Albert (Albrecht) until he was exiled to Wismar, where Duke Johann, known as the theologian, admitted him. HIS HOLY DEATH His death took place in 1250. In the fourteenth century he was canonised. The Benedictine nunnery Rehna, which founded and endowed with income, washis most beautiful monument. Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints PRAYER: O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of Saint Ludolph, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in his merits, we m...