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showed more enthusiastic support for the mission in his letter in April 1193, authorizing active missionary recruitment, making exceptions to rules governing monks' food and clothing, and granting
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to build a fortress to defend against future attacks from raiders from
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in the 1970s, an artificial island was erected to prevent water from flooding the ruins. For conservation the ruins were covered with metal in 2002.
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Jovaiša, Liudas (2008). "Bažnyčia
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Remains of the church built by Saint
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