Beda Weller

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Beda Weller OSB (born November 26, 1656 in Brunskappel ; † May 14, 1711 ) was abbot of the Grafschaft monastery from 1709 to 1711 .

Life

He made his profession on June 23, 1680 and was ordained a priest on September 17, 1680 . In January 1686 he was appointed lecturer. Since November 1688 he was novice master . From 1693 he was pastor in Schmallenberg . On October 5, 1709 he was elected abbot . He was designated as abbot by Auxiliary Bishop Johann Werner von Veyder .

He was buried in the choir of the monastery church next to Abbot Johannes.

Individual evidence

  1. He is not to be confused with the monk of the same name who was born in 1695 in Brunskappel

literature

  • Hans Joachim Kracht: The abbots and monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Alexander in Grafschaft. Sources and references. In: Josef Wiegel (Ed.): Grafschaft. Contributions to the history of the monastery and the village. Grafschaft, 1972 p. 305
  • Lea Steinrücke, Michael Hermes: Directory of the abbots and monks of the St. Alexander monastery in Grafschaft (1598-1853) . In: Südwestfalenarchiv , 2004 p. 47
predecessor Office successor
Emericus Quincken Abbot of Kloster Grafschaft
1709–1711
Celestine Höynck