Ansegis
Ansegis (* around 770 ; † July 20, 833 or 834 in Fontenelle ) was abbot of Fontenelle (St. Wandrille) and is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
Ansegis, who came from the Frankish nobility, became a monk in the famous Benedictine monastery Fontenelle in the diocese of Rouen and later came to Reims as abbot , then to Châlons-sur-Marne . Since 807 he was abbot of St. Germain-en-Flay in the diocese of Beauvais and brought the monastery to a high boom out of severe decline. Charlemagne called Ansegis to his court in Aachen and entrusted him with various political missions, especially in the Spanish market . Ansegis was also held in high regard by Karl's son, Ludwig the Pious . In 817 Louis gave him the Luxeuil Abbey in the Diocese of Besançon . After this dilapidated abbey had flourished, Ansegisus was sent back to the Fontenelle monastery as abbot and successor of Einhard in 822 .
Collection of capitals
Here he took up his extensive collection of capitulars ( Collectio capitularium ). He initially classified the capitularies into spiritual (books 1 and 2) and secular (books 3 and 4). He then assigned them to Charlemagne (books 1 and 3) and Ludwig the pious (books 2 and 3). However, he did not work flawlessly. So he has u. a. the Capitulare ecclesiasticum was not assigned to Louis the Pious , but to Charlemagne . In 827 the collection was completed. His collection made the capitularies citable, thus ensuring widespread dissemination and preserving them for posterity.
Remembrance day
His Catholic feast day is July 20th.
Works
- Capitulare de villis vel curtis imperii
- Collectio capitularium
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Ansegis, Abbot of Fontanelle (St. Vandrille). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 181-182.
- Rudolf Buchner: Ansegis. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 309 ( digitized version ).
- Joachim Wollasch : Ansegis, St., Abbot of Fontenelle . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , Sp. 677 f.
- Gerhard Schmitz: Ansegis (around 770-833), in: Albrecht Cordes , Heiner Lück , Dieter Werkmüller (eds.) , Concise Dictionary of German Legal History , www.HRGdigital.de/HRG.ansegis_um_770_833 (December 1, 2015).
Web links
- Ansegisus abbas Luxoviensis in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- Stadler's Complete Lexicon of Saints
- Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Schmitz: Ansegis (around 770-833), in: Albrecht Cordes, Heiner Lück, Dieter Werkmüller (eds.), Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, www.HRGdigital.de/HRG.ansegis_um_770_833 (December 1, 2015).
- ^ Repertory historical sources of the German Middle Ages Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Gerhard Schmitz: Ansegis (around 770-833), in: Albrecht Cordes, Heiner Lück, Dieter Werkmüller (eds.) , Concise Dictionary of German Legal History , www.HRGdigital.de/HRG.ansegis_um_770_833 (December 1, 2015).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ansegis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anségise; Ansegisus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Benedictine, abbot, envoy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 770 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 833 or July 20, 834 |
| Place of death | Fontenelle |