Beat Keller (librarian)

Beat Keller (born June 5, 1598 ; † April 2, 1663 ) was the librarian of the St. Gallen monastery from 1630 to 1633 .

Life

Father Beat, born as Melchior Karl Keller, was the son of Johann Nikolaus Keller from Schlettheim and Maria Jakoba Feldmann from Waldshut . His brother Adam was an officer in the imperial service, the third brother, Hartmann, died in exile in Rorschach . In 1610 Beat is attested as a student in the St. Gallen monastery, but had to leave the monastery a short time later due to the plague that was rampant at the time . In 1612 he returned to St. Gallen, where he made profession on August 10, 1614 . He then studied rhetoric and philosophy in Dillingen . In 1619 he became a subdeacon , in 1621 a deacon . He was ordained a priest on September 24th, 1624 and celebrated his first ceremony in Dillingen on October 23rd of the same year .

Act

In St. Gallen he was appointed confessor for the people. After brief activities in St. Johann and Wil, Father Beat finally became a monastery librarian in 1630. In 1633 he was called to teach in St. Johann and from January 6, 1635 he was governor in Rorschach . In 1636 he returned to the monastery of St. Gallen and appeared there as an assistant to the monastery archivist, Chrysostomus Stipplin , and as a sub-librarian. From 1640 to 1642 he was custodian, from 1642 to 1644 kitchen master . Beat Keller had a reputation for being a very regular monk.

literature

• Rudolf Henggeler : Profession book of the princely. Benedictine abbey of St. Gallus and Otmar in St. Gallen. Einsiedeln 1929, p. 284, no.241.

predecessor	Office	successor
Bonifaz Rüedlinger	Librarian of St. Gallen 1630–1633	Ambros Negelin