Luther’s father wanted him to become a lawyer. Luther attended school from a young age and was sent to the University of Erfurt to study. Legendarily, Luther was caught in a terrible thunderstorm and he made a vow to St. Anna that if he was saved from it he would become a monk. In 1505 he did indeed become an Augustinian Eremite of the reformed German congregation of strict observance at Erfurt. In 1506 he became a full member of his order, and in 1507 he was ordained as a priest.