He was baptized the next day, the feast of St. Martin of Tours, and named after the saint. His father worked in copper mining and wanted him to study law.
In 1505, after a violent thunderstorm, Luther became a monk instead. His protest against indulgences in 1517 split the Western church, and his German translation of the Bible helped shape the modern German language. He died in Eisleben too, in 1546.
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