When Berthold attempted to bless the Christian cemetery at Holm, they decided either to burn the bishop together with his church at Holm or to drown him in the Düna.
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It put to sea at Lübeck and crossed the Baltic, entering the River Düna from what is now called the Gulf of Riga.
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Berthold's predecessor, assisted by merchants from Bremen and Lübeck and a few converts, had built fortifications along the River Düna, where Christians held their religious services and could protect themselves.
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The Christians fled to their strongholds at Üxküll and Holm, while the bishop escaped in a ship to Lübeck.
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