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MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY PROF. M. M. NINAN In February 1546 Luther journeyed, despite his failing health, to Eisleben, the town where he was born. He set out to mediate an embarrassing quarrel between two young and arrogant noblemen, the counts Albrecht and Gebhard of Mansfeld. He was successful, and he so informed his wife in what proved to be his last letter. One day later, on February 18, death came. His body was interred in the Castle Church in Wittenberg. 54
MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY PROF. M. M. NINAN Martin Luther's Grave Castle Church, Wittenberg After Luther’s Death Katharina von Bora, 1546 When Martin Luther died in 1546, Katharina was left in difficult financial straits without Luther's salary as professor and pastor, even though she owned land, properties, and the Black Cloister. She was counseled by Martin Luther to move out of the old abbey and sell it after his death, and move into much more modest quarters with the children who remained at home, but she refused. She said, “He gave so much of himself in service not only to one town or to one country, but to the whole world. Yes, my sorrow is so deep that no words can express my heartbreak, and it is humanly impossible to understand what state of mind and spirit I am in…I can neither eat nor drink, 55
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