Adalbert Seipolt

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Adalbert Seipolt OSB, baptized Eberhard (born  August 11, 1929 in Breslau ; †  January 29, 2009 in Metten ) was a monk of the Benedictine Abbey of Metten and author .

biography

Eberhard Seipolt attended the humanistic Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau from 1940 . After being expelled from his Silesian homeland in the winter of 1944/1945, he first came to Riesa in Saxony and finally to Metten in 1946, where he continued his education at St. Michaels Gymnasium of the Benedictines and graduated in 1948 with the Abitur . Then he entered the Benedictine Abbey of Metten. On September 22, 1949 he took his religious vows and was given the religious name Adalbert. After studying philosophy and theology in Salzburg and at the Benedictine College of S. Anselmo in Rome , he was ordained a priest on July 9, 1953 . This was followed by studying German, Greek and history for teaching at the grammar school at the University of Würzburg .

After his state examination, he worked at the Metten monastery high school as a teacher of German, Greek and history and headed the school stage. At the same time he worked as an educator in the boarding school of the monastery. From 1993 to 2005 he was prior of the abbey .

Seipolt became known as a book author. In his works he also deals with serious religious topics in a cheerful narrative style. Most famous was his portrayal of a pilgrimage, All roads lead to Rome . The book had 22 editions, over a million copies in total, and has been translated into seven languages.

For his achievements and merits, P. Adalbert Seipolt was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Works

  • All roads lead to Rome. The cheerful story of a pilgrimage , Echter, Würzburg 1958.
  • His Eminence's duck. Nine stories of saintly and moderately saintly people , Würzburg 1959.
  • We are not meant !? (Benno books / series of religious stories, vol. 16), Leipzig 1961.
  • The awakened dormouse. A blunt legend from our day , Würzburg 1962.
  • Adalbert Seipolt / Michael Horatczuk, Unblumed legends about Christian contemporaries (Benno books / series of religious stories, vol. 21), Leipzig 1963.
  • One pays the bill , Würzburg 1965.
  • Two hoods and a trumpet. One long and five short stories , Würzburg 1965.
  • Disturbance in paradise. One long and three short stories (Benno books / series of religious stories, vol. 31), Leipzig 1967.
  • David, Isai's youngest son , Würzburg 1970.
  • Schnups, the poor affluent boy. An unprecedented forgiveness novel from our latitudes on the benefit and pious, deterring and delighting raped parents , Würzburg 1974.
  • The oil sheikh of Christiansreuth , Würzburg 1977.
  • Letter to St. Benedict , Würzburg 1980.
  • The Roman Ascension. Sister Annaberta's unexpected adventure , Würzburg 1980.
  • Habakkuk the donkey and other presents , Würzburg 1983.
  • Verifax or the honest screen. Four fantastic stories , Würzburg 1983.
  • And the headless bishop nodded , Würzburg 1988.
  • Twelve in the Net , Würzburg 1990.
  • Women are prohibited from entering. The story of someone who set out to learn how to shudder in a monastery , Würzburg 1991.
  • The recalcitrant father or the improvement of history lessons , Würzburg 1993.
  • Hermann Eller, Between Heaven and Earth . With contribution from Adalbert Seipolt, Grafenau 1993.
  • Adalbert Seipolt / Lukas Ruegenberg, Franz. A picture book , Freiburg im Breisgau a. a. 1994.
  • Chopped off it turns green again. History (s) as Arzeney for Disgruntled , Würzburg 1995.
  • Reverend looking for a bride. Miscellaneous and mischievous , Echter, Würzburg 1996.
  • Adalbert Seipolt / Lukas Ruegenberg. Benedikt , Würzburg 1998.
  • Vatican for sale. Cheerful stories , Echter, Würzburg 1998, ISBN 3-429-02065-4 .
  • The large Adalbert Seipolt reader (special edition), Würzburg 1999.
  • Years in the headwind. My childhood and youth in the Third Reich , Echter, Würzburg 2003, ISBN 3-429-02547-8 .

Stage adaptations

  • The awakened dormouse , stage adaptation of the novel by Wolfgang Gerlach
  • Schnups, the poor affluent boy, stage adaptation of the novel by Wolfgang Gerlach

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Father Adalbert Seipolt. Father Adalbert Seipolt, long-time prior and book author. Metten Benedictine Abbey, accessed on January 3, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Ruhmbach.de: The awakened dormouse ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Ruhmbach.de: Schnups, the poor affluent boy ( Memento from October 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Seipolt, Adalbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2009
Place of death Metten