Benedict Bach

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Benedikt Bach , actually Johannes Bach , (born November 1, 1639 in Düren , † April 26, 1720 in Marienstatt ) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman and the 40th abbot of Marienstatt Abbey . His abbatiat went from 1688 to 1720.

Life

Benedikt Bach, baptized Johannes, was born or baptized on November 1, 1639 in Düren . He was the firstborn of the married couple Hermann Bach and Maria Zaudert and had two siblings. It is not known when he entered the convent of Marienstatt, but it is known that he was ordained a subdeacon on April 2, 1661 and a deacon on March 29, 1664. On February 26, 1670, he took over the job of cellar , and there is evidence that he was a pastor in Metternich . As coadjutor and administrator , he took over the management of the abbey before his election. On August 21, 1688 he was elected abbot - a protest note from Count zu Sayn suggests this. It is said of himself that he took office on August 29th.

Benedikt Bach's work is primarily characterized by his economic abilities and innovations. His arithmetic book is the first overview of the possessions of Marienstatt. He also issued a manual for the monastic forest administration: “Abbey instructions for a forest ranger”.

He also excelled as a builder: he had the refectory , kitchen and east wing remodeled, laid out the monk's cemetery, which still exists today, next to the basilica and had the brewery built in 1700 . Under Abbot Benedikt Bach, the Basikika received its baroque furnishings, of which the three marble altars in the south aisle and the holy water basin in the entrance area are still preserved. He also carried out extensive construction and renovation work in the abbey and the monastery courtyards.

Benedict probably died on April 26, 1720, this is at least noted on the tombstone. April 27th is noted in the diurnal: “obiit Rmus. Abbas Benedictus Bach “, here one assumes a transmission error.

literature

  • E. Pfeiffer: The order of the Abbots from Marienstatt. CistC 50 (1938) 244
  • Gilbert Wellstein: The Cistercian Abbey Marienstatt in the Westerwald. 1955, p. 319.
  • The Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt. The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Archdiocese of Cologne 7. Volume 14
  • Hermann Josef Roth : "Bach, Benedikt", in: Biographia Cisterciensis , October 25, 2011

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.zisterzienserlexikon.de/wiki/Bach,_Benedikt
  2. ^ Christian Hillen: The Archdiocese of Cologne 7: The Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt (Germania Sacra. Third part 14). Berlin / Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Benedict
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bach, Johannes (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman and the 40th abbot of Marienstatt Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Düren
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1720
Place of death Marienstatt