 The "Vita Sancti Ruperti" was written about this time, "...to revive the cult of St. Rupert and to legitimize the vision that called her to move there".Bertha was a Christian, descendant of the dukes of Lorraine, and had considerable property along the Rhine and Nahe Rivers.She married Robolaus, a pagan, who died soon after the birth of their son Rupert.