Frederick the Wise protected him in Wartburg so he could translate the Bible in defiance of the Edict of Worms
Protected him in his early years so the Reformation had a chance to... [DOC] [TLE] Martin Luther - Public Encyclopedia Services Home Page [PAR] The following year he was sent to Wittenberg, where he continued his studies 
and ... to send Luther to Rome, where he would certainly meet imprisonment or 
death.