Anselm Erb
Anselm Erb (born January 29, 1688 in Ravensburg , † May 21, 1767 in Ottobeuren ) was the 53rd abbot of the Ottobeuren Imperial Abbey . Under his reign, which lasted from 1740 to 1767, the Basilica of St. Alexander and Theodore was completed.
Live and act
Anselm Erb joined the Ottobeuren Abbey in 1706 and took the vows there on August 15, 1706 . He was ordained a priest on September 24, 1712 . From 1720 he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Salzburg . In 1723 he acquired the degree of "Magister philosophiae", in 1725 he received his doctorate in both rights . From 1725 to 1734 he was Regens (rector) at the Lyceum in Freising , where he taught canon law . Then Anselm Erb taught until 1740 as a professor of canon law at the University of Fulda .
After the death of Abbot Rupert Neß , the Ottobeurer convent elected Anselm Erb on November 23, 1740 as his successor.
Abbot Anselm was considered a patron of the sciences and the arts and reformed the abbey's school system. He was in lively correspondence with Prince Abbot Martin Gerbert von St. Blasien. The high point of his tenure was the 1000-year jubilee of the monastery, which was celebrated two years later in 1766, as the new baroque building of the basilica was not yet completed on the actual date in 1764.
On May 12, 1767, he resigned from office due to illness, and died a few days later in Ottobeuren.
Relationship with St. Crescentia
Abbot Anselm particularly agreed with Sister Maria Crescentia Höss in the veneration of the Passion of Christ. During Lent in 1743 he sent her a book about the Passion of Christ. When Crescentia became seriously ill, Abbot Anselm asked his doctor to look after her. However, she preferred to trust natural remedies whose effects she was familiar with. The abbot also repeatedly sent a load of grain to the Kaufbeuren monastery . In January 1744, three months before her death, Crescentia Höss wrote her last letter to Abbot Anselm. In it she once again expresses her thanks in detail for the benefits shown to her and her convent. She concluded the letter with the words:
- “May it be my humble plea that mine, as the least of all, be forgotten and that I continue to be commanded in such great grace and grace. With which so commanded in your reverence grace and grace, me and my convent humbly remain in submission to the protection of grace of Jesus and Mary. "
Honors
In the 20th century, Anselm-Erb-Strasse in Ravensburger Südstadt was named after the city's son.
Individual evidence
- ^ Letters from, to and about Creszentia von Kaufbeuren from the time 1714-1750, ed. by Johannes Gatz, Kaufbeuren 1961
literature
- August Lindner: The writers and the members of the Benedictine order in what is now the Kingdom of Bavaria, who deserve science and art. From 1750 to the present . 2nd volume. Manz, Regensburg 1880, pp. 78-79
- Arthur Maximilian Miller: The creators of the baroque Ottobeuren. Abbot Rupert II. Neß and Abbot Anselm Erb . In: Ludwig Schrott (Ed.): Bavarian Church Princes. Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1964, pp. 213-237
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erb, Anselm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Ottobeuren |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1688 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ravensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1767 |
| Place of death | Ottobeuren |