Ambroise Monnin
Ambroise Monnin (* 23. June 1738 in Bassecourt ; † 1. December 1807 ) was a Swiss Norbertine abbot .
Life
Jean-Baptiste Monnin was born in Bassecourt in 1738 as the son of the notary and miller Joseph Monnin. He attended the college in Pruntrut and then entered the Bellelay monastery . In 1765 he was ordained a priest and was then theology teacher at the College of Bellelay , in 1772 he was awarded a doctorate. In the monastery his name was Père Ambroise Monnin and he was sub prior and secretary of Abbot Nicolas de Luce , whom he followed in 1784. In February 1791 he took over the chairmanship of the estates of the Principality of Basel , an office that had been withdrawn from his predecessor by the prince-bishop because of his role in the so-called Landestroublen in 1741. Expelled from Bellelay by the French revolutionary troops at the end of 1797, Monnin first found refuge in Solothurn (including the monastery library), then with some confreres in the Himmelpforte priory near Wyhlen . When this monastery was also secularized in 1807, he retired to his home village of Bassecourt, where he died that same year.
literature
- André Chèvre: Ambroise Monnin, dernier abbé de Bellelay (1738–1807) et la fin de son abbaye. In: Almanach catholique du Jura (1959) , pp. 77-83.
Web links
- Cyrille Gigandet / MS: Monnin, Ambroise. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 25, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Monnin, Ambroise |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Monnin, Jean-Baptiste (baptismal name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Premonstratensian Abbot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bassecourt |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1807 |
| Place of death | Bassecourt |