Angelus storm

Angelus Sturm OSB , baptized Ludwig (born February 10, 1886 in Pavelsbach, Postbauer-Heng , † May 24, 1968 in Metten ) was a German Benedictine priest, monk in the Benedictine abbey of Metten , as well as church and art historian.

biography

Ludwig Sturm attended the Alte Gymnasium in Regensburg and began studying philosophy and Catholic theology in Regensburg after graduating from high school in 1904 . In 1909 he was ordained a priest and then worked for two years as a chaplain in Pressath .

In 1911 he entered the Benedictine Abbey of Metten and received the religious name Angelus when he was professed . After the novitiate in 1912/13 he was chaplain in the Neuhausen parish looked after by the Metten Monastery. He then completed from 1913 to 1917 at the Universities of Munich and Würzburg the study of classical philology . After the state examination and legal clerkship, he worked from 1918 to 1966 as a teacher at the St. Michaels grammar school in Metten (interrupted by the closure of the grammar school 1939-45).

In the monastery he held the offices of the second novice master (1924-29), the second librarian (1935-37), the guest father (1953-57) and the director of the Third Order (1932-68). In addition to these offices and his work as a teacher, Angelus Sturm wrote numerous studies on local history, the history of orders and the history of art. At the center of his scientific research and publications was the former Benedictine Abbey of Oberalteich , which is adjacent to Metten . His work on the interpretation of the baroque image program of the frescoes in the monastery church in Oberalteich is still significant today.

Angelus Sturm was accepted as a full member of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy as early as 1923 .

Fonts (selection)

• A monastery reform at the time of the 30 Years War. Building blocks for the biography of Abbot Veit Höser von Oberaltaich , in: Benedictine Monthly 5, 1923, 379–394.
• Monastery and church building in Oberaltaich , in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken 13, 1924, 129–135.
• An Oberaltaich original, the historian Johannes Pliemel , in: Bayerwald 23, 1925, Issue 1, 20–24.
• A pastoral instruction for Bavarian Benedictine missionaries from the time of the 30 Years War , in: Benediktinische Monatsschrift 8, 1926 357–365.
• Older building history of the Oberaltaich monastery , in: Annual report of the Historisches Verein Straubing 28, 1926, 17–36.
• The frescos of the Oberaltaich Minster , in: Annual report of the Historisches Verein Straubing 29, 1927, 28–60; 31, 1929, 64-73; 34, 1932, 79-95.
• The re-establishment of Metten Abbey , in: Alt und Jung Metten 4, 1930, 2–19.
• Veit Höser as ascetic leader and teacher , in: Studies and Communications on the History of the Benedictine Order 49, 1931, 363–374.
• The life of the blessed monk and pastor Albert zu Oberaltaich , in: Annual report of the historical association Straubing 33, 1931, 35–57.
• The Benedictine missionaries in the Upper Palatinate during the 30 Years War , in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order 51, 1933, 218–230.
• The Oberalteich economic book from 1754 , in: Annual report of the historical association Straubing 36, 1934, 17–98.
• Christ in the Eucharist as the ideal of the people , Winterberg 1941.
• With Christ Jesus , Winterberg 1942.
• Archabbot Bonifaz Wimmer , in: Alt und Jung Metten 25, 1959, 113–121.

literature

• Bibliography of the German-speaking Benedictines 1880–1980 . St. Ottilien 1985–1987.
• Wilhelm Fink: History of the development of the Benedictine abbey Metten. Part 1: The profession book of the abbey (= studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches supplementary booklet 1/1). Munich 1926, p. 102.
• Augustinus Mayer : P. Angelus Sturm. Funeral speech . In: Alt und Jung Metten 35, 1968, pp. 7-26.
• Michael Kaufmann: Memento Mori. In memory of the deceased conventuals of the Benedictine abbey of Metten since the rebuilding in 1830 (= history of the development of the Benedictine abbey of Metten, volume 5), Metten 2008, p. 406f.