Benedikt Ferg

Benedikt Ferg , or Benedikt Ferch OSB (* 1631 in the Free Imperial City of Buchau ; † January 27, 1706 in Metten ) was a monk and abbot in the Bavarian Benedictine Abbey of Metten .

Life

Benedikt Ferg came to the singing school of the Metten monastery as a pupil. In 1649 he was accepted into the novitiate and in 1655 made his solemn profession in the Metten monastery. After his ordination in 1659 he held various offices in the monastery; He also worked as a pastor in the Michaelsbuch parish entrusted to the Metten Benedictines for pastoral care . Later he held the office of prior in the monastery and took part in this function in 1684 as representative of the Metten abbot Roman Schäffler in the first general chapter of the newly founded Bavarian Benedictine Congregation , which the Metten Abbey did not join.

After the death of Abbot Roman Schäffler, Benedikt Ferg was elected his successor by the Metten convent on October 22, 1686. He did not receive the abbot benediction until July 8, 1688 by the Regensburg auxiliary bishop Albert Ernst Graf von Wartenberg (this took place for the first time in the church of the Metten Abbey).

As abbot, he continued the building work that his predecessors had started to repair the damage from the time of the Reformation and the subsequent religious wars. In Metten, for example, the monastery buildings were expanded (construction of a stable, a hall and a theater). Outside of Metten, the pilgrimage church entrusted to the monastery in Loh was rebuilt in 1690–94 and the pilgrimage chapel in Uttobrunn was rebuilt in 1699–1701 . In addition, the monastery's fish ponds in Uttobrunn, Metten and Stephansposching were renewed.

Abbot Benedikt Ferg also endeavored to restore the monastery internally by promoting the study and cultivation of science. To this end, he had philosophy courses held regularly in the monastery and sent monks to study at the universities in Salzburg and Ingolstadt . As an award and recognition of his commitment to science, the position of assistant at the University of the Benedictines in Salzburg was awarded in 1697.

In his brevis synopsis, which was made and carried out de anno 1686–1706 under the less government of Fr. Benedicti pt Abbatis, Abbot Benedict Ferg himself gave an account of his administration. He also continued the monastery annals (probably) created by Abbot Markus Besch .

literature

• Wilhelm Fink , History of the Development of the Benedictine Abbey of Metten. Part 1: The Book of Professions of the Abbey (Studies and Communications on the History of the Benedictine Order and its Branches, Supplement 1/1), Munich 1926, p. 40.
• Rupert Mittermüller , The Metten Monastery and His Aebte: An overview of the history of this old Benedictine monastery , Straubing 1856, pp. 189–192.
• Arsenius (Brunovensis), Metten Vnd Lavdes, Das ist Leich- Vnd Praise-Predig, Weyland deß Venerable, In God Well-Noble and Highly Learned, Gracious Lord Benedicti Ferch, Deß Vralt-Hochlobl: Carolinischen Stüffts, vnd Closters Metten Worthy Praelates , 1706.

predecessor	Office	successor
Roman Schäffler	Abbot of Metten Monastery 1686–1706	Roman Märkl