Ludger was an 8th-century missionary and the first Bishop of Münster. Born around 742 to a noble Frisian family, he received his education at the Utrecht Cathedral School. After being ordained a deacon in York, where he studied under Alcuin, he was later ordained a priest in Cologne in 777. He is recognized as an apostle to the Saxons and played a significant role in spreading Christianity through East Frisia and Westphalia.