Ambrosius Schneider

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ambrosius Walter Schneider OCist (born November 14, 1911 in Mainz , † June 21, 2002 in Großlittgen ) was a German Cistercian abbot and historian.

life and work

Schneider entered the Himmerod Monastery in 1931 after graduating from the Mainz Marienschule (today the Bischöfliches Willigis Gymnasium ) , where he studied theology and was ordained a priest in 1936. In 1937 he became an archivist. During the Second World War he was employed as a medical sergeant in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Hildegard in Eibingen , which was dissolved by the National Socialists . After two years of French captivity, he studied at the University of Mainz from 1948 and received his doctorate in 1951 with the dissertation The Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod in the Late Middle Ages. Contributions to its history (Himmerod 1954 = sources and treatises of the Middle Rhine church history 1).

In Himmerod, Schneider worked as a lecturer in church and art history and campaigned for the reconstruction of the baroque abbey church (1952–1960), the interior of which he significantly influenced. In 1963 he was appointed to the liturgical commission of the Cistercian Order and in 1966 to the preparatory commission of the General Chapter 1968/1969 and stayed frequently in Rome. From 1965 to 1967 he was editor of the Analecta Cisterciensia yearbook . His research in Florence and the Vatican in 1971 led to the recognition of the cult of Blessed David of Himmerod in the entire Cistercian order. Schneider was administrator from 1971 to 1972 and abbot of Himmerod from 1972 to 1991.

Other works

  • Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod 1138/1938. Short treatise on the development and work of the abbey , Himmerod 1938
  • (Ed.) Louis Julius Lekai , History and Work of the White Monks. The Order of the Cistercians , Cologne, Wienand, 1958
  • Himmerod. History and broadcast , Himmerod, self-published by the abbey, 1967, 4th edition 1991
  • Himmerod 1922–1972 , self-published by Himmerod Abbey in 1972
  • (Ed.) The Cistercienser. History. Ghost. Art , Cologne, Wienand, 1974, 1977, 1986 (collective publication)
  • The Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod from the Renaissance to its dissolution 1511–1802 , Cologne, Wienand, 1976 (continuation of the dissertation)
  • (Ed. In conjunction with Adam Wienand, 1903–1997) And they followed St Benedict's rule. The Cistercians and Benedictine monasticism. A tribute to the occidental monk's father as a review of the Benedictine jubilee 1980 , Cologne, Wienand, 1981
  • Cistercian Abbey Our Lady Himmerod , 11th edition, Regensburg, Schnell + Steiner, 2012 (Small Art Guide 1067; Dutch 2004, 2007; English 2004; French 2004)

literature

  • Hermann Josef Roth : Abbot Dr. Ambrosius Schneider . In: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 55, 2003, pp. 553–555
  • Bibliographia monastica. List of publications by Abbot Ambrosius Schneider († June 21, 2002) . In: Cistercienser Chronik 110, 2003, p. 249

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Ambrosius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Ambrosius Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Cistercian abbot and order historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 2002
Place of death Großlittgen