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Martin Luther: Youth and Monastic Life

By Nixie
  • Nov 8, 1483

    Birth

    Eisleben, Saxony (Germany)
  • Period: Nov 8, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546

    Life

  • Apr 4, 1492

    Began Education

  • Period: Apr 4, 1492 to May 1, 1497

    Education

  • Received BA
    May 27, 1502

    Received BA

  • Thunderstorm - change to Monkhood
    Jul 2, 1505

    Thunderstorm - change to Monkhood

  • Aug 30, 1505

    Law School & then Enter Monastery (Order of Augustinian Hermits)

  • May 27, 1506

    Made his vows

  • Ordained as a Priest
    May 27, 1507

    Ordained as a Priest

  • Mar 8, 1508

    Sent to newer Uni of Wittenburg to lecture in Arts

  • Visits Rome
    May 27, 1510

    Visits Rome

    Luther and another monk were sent on an 850-mile journey, on foot, to Rome to handle a dispute over a new set of rules for the Augustinian order. It was also hoped that a visit to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church would ease Luther's spiritual struggles.
  • May 27, 1511

    Moves to Wittenburg

  • May 27, 1515

    Appointed district vicar of monasteries:

    Begins to lecture on various books of the bible 1513 Psalms 1515 - Romans; 1516 Galatians
  • Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther.
    Jan 2, 1521

    Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther.

  • Feb 18, 1546

    Death by Heart Attack, Aged 63

    Heart Attack, Aged 63