Beda Angehrn

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Beda Angehrn (born December 7, 1725 in Hagenwil , today the municipality of Amriswil ; † May 19, 1796 in St. Gallen ) was the prince abbot of St. Gallen from 1767 to 1796 .

Abbot Beda Angehrn around 1770
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The passage over the Sitter with the customs house built by Abbot Beda (center)

Life

Johann Konrad Angehrn was born as the son of the surgeon and judge Johann Konrad and his wife Maria Katharina. Willi was born. He attended the Jesuit College in Konstanz and later studied at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Gallen . After he made his profession in the Benedictine order in 1744 and received the religious name Bede, he was ordained a priest in 1749 . He taught theology and philosophy in St. Gallen for 12 years . In 1753 he was appointed professor of theology. In 1763 he became prior and governor in St. Johann im Thurtal . On March 11, 1767 he was elected abbot under the chairmanship of the Nuncio Luigi Valenti Gonzaga ; the confirmation of the election by Pope Clement XIII. took place on April 27, 1767, the abbot's benediction gave him the Nuncio on September 8, 1767. On December 19, 1767 Emperor Joseph II awarded him the regalia .

Abbot Beda achieved lasting importance through his involvement in road construction . The Fürstenlandstrasse from Rorschach through St. Gallen to Wil is considered his most important work and an important link between the Princely Empire and the old Confederation. Abbot Beda also achieved lasting improvements in the military and the promotion of the monastery's scientific institutions. On the other hand, he neglected the funds available to him in his plans, which led to the disruption of the finances of the prince abbey. He also disregarded the control rights to which the chapter of the order was entitled and administered his kingdom autocratically. Some of the younger, stronger clergymen soon came to the Pope with complaints against Bede , but were unable to get through. After the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, the people of the church, as the inhabitants of the abbey were called, demanded more rights. When the complaints culminated in revolutionary movements in 1794, Prince Abbot Beda showed himself to be extraordinarily indulgent and, despite the resistance of his chapter, after a brief resistance, allowed his subjects to dissuade him from making extensive concessions without serious resistance. In the "Amicable Treaty" of Gossau of 1795, he abolished serfdom and gave up or diminished other feudal rights . The convention also approved the treaty on January 18, 1796.

Abbot Beda died on May 19, 1796 in St. Gallen.

Works

  • Oraison funèbre de ... Beda Anghern d'Hagenwyl, Prince-Abbé de Saint-Gall ..., à prononcer Le 19 May 1797, jour de l'anniversaire de sa mort ... [Sl]: [sn], [ approx. 1797]
  • Some of the diaries of Prince Abbot Beda of St. Gallen (r. 1767-96) . Published by Rev. K [arl] Steiger. Reprint, St. Gallen: Buchdruckerei <<Ostschweiz>>, 1919.

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predecessor Office successor
Cölestin Gugger von Staudach Abbot of St. Gallen
1767 - 1796 		Pankraz Vorster
personal data
SURNAME Heard, Bede
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Konrad, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of the Prince Abbey of St. Gallen
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagenwil near Amriswil
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1796
Place of death St. Gallen