Rupert (Münsterschwarzach)

Rupert († February 17, 1125 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach from 1112 or 1114 to 1125 .

Münsterschwarzach before Rupert

Abbot Rupert takes thirteenth place in the abbot row of the Münsterschwarzach monastery. Before him, three women had already run the abbey before a men's convention took possession of the empty monastery buildings in the 9th century. From the 11th century, the Würzburg bishops were the spiritual masters of the abbey. In several disputes against the East Franconian aristocratic families in the area, they were able to establish the monastery as their property.

The first abbot by the grace of Würzburg was Alapold from the St. Emmeram monastery in Regensburg. He brought the reforms from Gorze to Münsterschwarzach, which called for monastic renewal and increased choral prayer. His successors also devoted themselves to monastic renewal. Above all, Egbert , who was later canonized, pushed the reforms forward by spreading the ideas in other monasteries. Rupert's direct predecessor, Abbot Altmann, expanded the library of the monastery to promote studies.

Life

Nothing is known about the origins, family and youth of Abbot Rupert. His election took place after the death of his predecessor Altmann at the end of September or beginning of October sometime in 1112 and 1114 respectively. He was first accessible as abbot in 1115. Rupert recorded documents at a synod in which he had participated. In the same year, Bishop Erlung von Würzburg also transferred the Gerlachshausen parish to the monastery and settled a dispute with the Kitzingen women's monastery over goods in the Dettelbacher district.

When Erlung had to leave Würzburg a few years later , Abbot Rupert thanked him by granting the persecuted bishop, who was tormented by leprosy, asylum in the monastery. Erlung died here in 1121 and was buried in the abbey because of the interdict in the episcopal city. The first miracles that are said to have occurred at the grave of the deceased Abbot Egbert also date back to 1121: a deaf mute was suddenly able to speak again after visiting the grave.

Another bishop sought refuge in Münsterschwarzach in 1121. Rugger had to flee from Würzburg because his opponents had installed Gebhard von Henneberg, an anti-bishop who was friendly to the emperor and who should be useful for Heinrich V in the investiture dispute . The Pope's allies met in the Main Abbey and named Rugger bishop. The Archbishop of Mainz and the Bishops of Speyer and Worms were present. Rugger was buried in Münsterschwarzach in 1125. In the same year, on February 17th, Rupert also died.

literature

• Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . Münsterschwarzach 2002.
• Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach. A comparative overview . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey Church 1938-1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1988.
• Gabriel Vogt: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey . Volkach 1980.
• Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey Church 1938-1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1988.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinrich Wagner (p. 114) names this year of death, while all other sources and representations mention the year 1135. Compare: Trunk, Leo: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 154 f.
2. ↑ Corresponding to the death of his predecessor Abbot Altmann.
3. ↑ Mahr, Johannes: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 17.
4. ^ Vogt, Gabriel: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey . P. 18.
5. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: The abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 114.

predecessor	Office	successor
Altmann	Abbot of Münsterschwarzach 1112 / 1114–1125	Poppo