On This Day June 13

During religious disturbances, Martin Luther was instrumental in the escape of a dozen nuns, who had been hiding in remote villages after becoming convinced of the truth of Lutheran theology. Making it his business to find them husbands in their new homes, Luther discovered two years later that one of them, Katharina Von Bara, was still unattached, so he married her himself on June 13, 1525. They lived together happily for the rest of Luther's life.

Portrait of Catherine von Bora by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526 

After his marriage to the nun Katharina Von Bara on June 13, 1525, Martin Luther took the Augustian monastery in Wittenburg as married quarters. The Luthers lived in the "Black Cloister;" formerly his home as a monk. Luther's marriage to Katharina kick started the tradition of clerical marriage within several Christian traditions. The reformer said he could find no trace in the Gospels of the vows of chastity taken by monks and nuns.

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