Anselm from Pidoll
Anselm von Pidoll (born January 23, 1734 in Eisenschmitt , † May 3, 1827 in Trier ) was abbot of the Himmerod monastery and canon in Trier.
Life
Anselm Hubert von Pidoll, born in 1734 as the son of the hut owner Franz Gottfried von Pidoll in Eichelhütte , received his master's degree from the University of Trier in 1751 and entered the Himmerod monastery in 1752. He made his profession the following year and was ordained a priest in 1757. Afterwards he was lecturer at the home school and prior in 1781/82. On December 8, 1782 he was elected abbot and on February 23, 1783 in Trier. During his term of office, the abbey of Himmerod was abolished by the French revolutionary government in July 1802. Pidoll and his servant were able to stay in the monastery for the time being and until April 1803 guarded the monastery property as a state overseer (French: Gardien ). In this way he was able to save some valuable manuscripts from auction. On May 16, 1803, Bishop Charles Mannay of Trier appointed him to the canon of the cathedral , and in 1824 he became the first canon. He died in 1827 in the Ersfeld house in Trier.
literature
- Ambrosius Schneider: The Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod from the Renaissance to its dissolution 1511–1802. Wienand, Cologne 1976
- Pidoll, Anselm von. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 592-593.
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| SURNAME | Pidoll, Anselm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Himmerod Monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1734 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisenschmitt |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1827 |
| Place of death | trier |