Adalbert Regli

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Adalbert Regli

Adalbert Regli OSB (born November 13, 1800 in Prato (Leventina) as Franz Anton Georg Josef Regli ; † July 5, 1881 in Gries-Quirein ) was a Swiss Benedictine monk . From 1838 to 1841 he was abbot of the Muri monastery in the canton of Aargau . After this was lifted, he was abbot of the newly established Muri-Gries Abbey near Bozen from 1845 until his death .

biography

The son of the farmer Johann Georg Josef Regli and Josefa Regula Regli was born in the canton of Ticino and grew up in Andermatt . There he received lessons in the Latin school . In 1816 he entered the monastery school of Muri. In 1819 he made his profession , in 1824 he was ordained a priest . Subsequently Regli worked as a teacher for philosophy, physics and theology at the monastery school, from 1830 also as a vicar in Muri . In 1833 he took over the economic administration of the monastery as the office director. On November 7, 1835, Abbot Ambrosius Bloch fled to Engelberg Abbey due to the radical secularization policy of the Canton of Aargau , whereupon Regli officiated as its governor. After Bloch's death he was elected abbot in November 1838.

On January 10, 1841, after the adoption of a new constitution, which had been clearly rejected in all Catholic districts, an armed uprising broke out in Freiamt , which the government troops quickly put down. The cantonal government accused the monasteries, especially Muri, of instigating the uprising. At the request of Augustin Keller , the Grand Council decided on January 13th to repeal it immediately. Colonel Friedrich Frey-Herosé had the order to implement the decision. He restricted the monks' freedom of movement and then asked them on January 25 to leave the canton within 48 hours. Regli stayed behind with four monks for a few days to arrange the transfer of the monastery property. Finally, on February 3rd, he was the last to leave Muri.

Regli first found refuge in the Frauenthal monastery near Cham , and later in the Uttingerhof near Zug . He wrote notes of protest against the expulsion in the daily statute , but they went unnoticed. In February 1841 the canton of Obwalden offered the monks to take over the college in Sarnen . The convent accepted and moved there in November 1841. Regli taught in Sarnen for four years. When it became clear that a return to Muri would be hopeless, he started negotiations with the Austrian State Chancellor Metternich in September 1843 to take over the vacant Augustinian canons of Gries-Quirein near Bozen . On October 14, 1843, he took a first look there. The first friars from Muri moved in June 1845 and founded the Muri-Gries Abbey .

Regli managed the repair and refurbishment of the monastery complex in Gries. From 1846 novices were accepted again , and in October 1847 the Austrian government definitely confirmed the handover of the monastery and the foundation property. The former collatures of the Augustinian monastery could be taken over until 1855 . Regli was a member of the municipal council of Gries. From 1860 to 1866 he was a member of the state parliament of Tyrol as a representative of the prelate class .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hugo Müller: Muri in the free offices. Volume 2: History of the community of Muri after 1798 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia No. 101 . Sauerländer, Aarau 1989, ISBN 3-7941-3124-X , p. 36-43 .
  2. ↑ Müller: Muri in the Free Offices , Volume 2. pp. 46–48.
  3. ↑ Meier: The Muri Monastery. Pp. 121-122.
predecessor Office successor
Ambrosius I. Bloch Abbot of Muri
1838–1841 		-
- Abbot of Muri-Gries
1845–1881 		Bonaventure III. Foffa
personal data
SURNAME Regli, Adalbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Regli, Franz Anton Georg Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Benedictine monk, abbot of Muri-Gries, member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Prato (Leventina)
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1881
Place of death Semolina quirein