Beda Savels

Beda Cornelius Savels (born January 11, 1755 in Aachen , † August 12, 1828 in Düsseldorf ) was from 1798 the 69th and last abbot of Werden monastery , which was secularized in 1802 .

Savels entered the Werden monastery in 1774 and made profession on June 25, 1775 . He was ordained a priest on September 19, 1778 . From 1784 to 1787 he held the office of novice master . On October 31, 1795 he was elected prior and finally on March 20, 1798 abbot of Werden Abbey.

Under his leadership, the monastery supported the building of a chapel in Kettwig , for this purpose a silver bust of St. Liudger , donated by Prince-Bishop Ferdinand von Fürstenberg in 1681, was sold. During the long vacancy in the Archdiocese of Cologne from 1801 to 1824 , the Prussian government insisted that a Catholic parish be set up in Kettwig. For this purpose, under the leadership of the Werden district judge Peter Franz Joseph Müller, a two- acre property was acquired by the Engels family - with a house, barn and factory. The factory was converted into a chapel with financial support from the Protestants in Kettwig. On June 29, 1806, Bonifazius Berens consecrated the church. Berens, former prior in Werden monastery, became the first Catholic pastor in Kettwig after 1609 at the suggestion of Beda Savel. However, the foundation stone of today's Catholic Church of St. Peter was not laid until October 19, 1826.

In 1801 a chapel was consecrated under Savels in Dilldorf, which is adjacent to Werden, at Rathgeberhof.

literature

• Albert Schuncken: History of the Reichsabtei Werden ad Ruhr. Schwann, Cologne et al. 1865, p. 216

predecessor	Office	successor
Bernhard Bierbaum	Abbot of Werden 1798–1802	---