Beda Aschenbrenner
Beda Aschenbrenner OSB, baptismal name Franz Josef (* March 6, 1756 at the Einödhof Vielreich near Haselbach (Lower Bavaria) ; † July 24, 1817 in Ingolstadt ), was professor of canon law at the University of Ingolstadt and the last abbot of the Bavarian Benedictine Abbey of Oberalteich .
biography
After finishing school in Erding and studying philosophy at the Freising Lyceum , Franz Josef Aschenbrenner entered the Oberalteich monastery, which is famous for its scholarship. At profession he was given the name Bede. In the following years he studied theology at the Oberaltaich monastery. He then taught at the grammar schools in Neuburg an der Donau and Straubing . From 1786 he first taught canon law and church history in the Oberalteich Abbey, before he was appointed professor of canon studies at the University of Ingolstadt in 1789 . In Ingolstadt, Beda Aschenbrenner was the first theologian to give his lectures in German and not in Latin, contrary to the scientific custom of the time. This earned him, as well as his enlightened positions, numerous suspicions and accusations. Teaching in Ingolstadt ended when he was elected abbot of the Oberalteich monastery by his fellow brothers in 1796. When the Oberalteich monastery was dissolved in the course of secularization in 1803 , Abbot Beda Aschenbrenner first moved to his home town of Haselbach, then to Straubing and finally to Ingolstadt.
Like many Bavarian Benedictines in the second half of the 18th century, Beda Aschenbrenner was a representative of a moderate Catholic Enlightenment who was convinced of the fundamental compatibility of faith and reason. The openness to the concerns of the Enlightenment was combined with these learned monks with the concern of a fundamental religious and monastic renewal in the monasteries and in the church in general.
Works (selection)
- Enlightenment almanac for abbots and heads of Catholic monasteries , Nuremberg 1784.
- Elementa praelectionum canonicarum , 2nd vol., Straubing 1786/88.
- My thoughts about the thorough development of the dispute and nunciature disputes , to justify the four German archbishops against the arrogance of the Roman court , Mannheim 1789.
- What I ever wanted changed in the monasteries , 1802.
- The monk ceases monasticism. Or the vows are made with the monasteries. A time-adjusted Abh. , Landshut 1805.
- Ode to Max I Joseph King of Bavaria , Straubing 1806.
literature
- Rainer Albert Müller : Aschenbrenner, Beda (Franz Josef). In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 29 ( digitized version ).
- Antonius Hofmann : Ash burner, Beda. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 410 ( digitized version ).
- Antonius Hofmann: Beda Aschenbrenner (1756–1817), last abbot of Oberaltaich. Life and Work (New Publications of the Institute for East Bavarian Homeland Research, Volume 8), Passau 1964.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : ash burner, Beda. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 251-252.
Web links
- Works by and about Beda Aschenbrenner in the German Digital Library
- Estate in the Bavarian State Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Maria Hiendl |
Abbot of the Benedictine monastery Oberalteich 1796–1803 |
- (secularized and not re-established) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ash burner, Bede |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aschenbrenner, Franz Josef (baptismal name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jurist for canon law and abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Oberalteich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1756 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Haselbach (Lower Bavaria) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1817 |
| Place of death | Ingolstadt |