Albert of Cologne

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Albert of Cologne (lat. Albertus de Colonia ) († October 18, 1525 ) was abbot of the Grafschaft monastery from 1507 to 1525 . Under him the monastery joined the Bursfeld congregation .

Life

He probably came from Cologne . It is known from his life that he was initially a monk in the Brauweiler Abbey . After Archbishop Hermann IV ordered a reform of the Grafschaft monastery in 1507, the previous abbot Peter von Dörenbach and those monks who rejected a reform had to leave the monastery. They were replaced by six convent members from the Deutz and Brauweiler monasteries . Albert of Cologne was among them. They traveled via Hirschberg Castle , where the Archbishop was also staying at the time, in the direction of the county. In Hirschberg Albert was unanimously elected abbot and immediately confirmed by the archbishop.

At first the new community had to deal with the resistance of the former monks and their supporters before they could prevail. Under Albert of Cologne the monastery joined the Bursfeld Congregation in 1508. He also reformed the nunnery in Odacker in the spirit of the congregation. However, the conditions in the Grafschaft monastery continued to show significant deficiencies during visitations and Abbot Albert was threatened with dismissal in 1520/22.

Conflicts with Philipp von Grafschaft over the bailiwick and the associated goods were settled in 1514. Archbishop Philipp von Daun had appointed commissioners for this purpose .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elke-Ursel Hammer: Monastic reform between person and institution. On the work of Abbot Adam Meyer von Groß St. Martin in Cologne (1454-1499). Göttingen 2001, p. 543.
  2. ↑ Seibertz: Urkundenbuch… Volume 4, No. 1006, p. 214ff.
  3. ^ The Bursfeld Reform and the Abbey of St. Alexander in Grafschaft. In: Josef Wiegel (Ed.): Grafschaft. Contributions to the history of the monastery and the village. Grafschaft 1972, pp. 70-73.
  4. ↑ Seibertz: Urkundenbuch ... Volume 4. No. 1012, p. 229.

literature

  • Karl Hopf : County . In: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts. First section, part 38. Leipzig 1864, p. 224.
  • Johann Suibert Seibertz : Document book on the state and legal history of the Duchy of Westphalia. Volume 4. 1400-1800, Arnsberg 1854.
predecessor Office successor
Peter von Dörenbach Abbot of Kloster Grafschaft
1507–1525 		Jacob of Albaum
personal data
SURNAME Albert of Cologne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albertus de Colonia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of the county monastery
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1525