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The raid of the Christian army against Lithuania in 1236 was dictated by the political circumstances that occurred after the Curonians’ surrender to Livonia in 1229-1230. It was then that Germans readied themselves to invite the pagans living south of Dauguva into the “sweet yoke of Christ’s faith.” It was at this point that the Christian German immigrant community of Riga and the interests of the Pope’s curia intersected.
Battle of Saulė by A. Kriuka
Battle of Saulė by A. Kriuka

In 1236 the focus of their direction was Lithuania, which was ordered by William of Modena, the Pope's legate in Livonia. With the focus being on Lithuania, her people quickly found themselves on the calendar for Christianization. He founded the Bishopric of Courland and the Bishopric of Semigall

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