Benedict Gsell

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Benedikt Gsell OCist (born January 28, 1823 in Vienna , † May 22, 1901 in Heiligenkreuz ) was an Austrian Cistercian monk , priest and historian .

Life

He entered the Heiligenkreuz novitiate on September 16, 1842 , made his profession on November 22, 1846 , and primed on August 1, 1847. From 1848 to 1852 he taught Old Testament Bible studies and oriental languages at the monastic Institutum Theologicum , from 1852 to 1860 the subject of the New Testament . He received his doctorate in theology on May 3, 1853 at the University of Vienna .

From 1854 to 1855 he was novice master , from 1855 to 1857 abbot secretary, from 15 October 1855 to 1 December 1860 librarian and from 1857 to 1860 prefect of theology students in the monastery. In December 1860 he came to the Heiligenkreuzerhof in Vienna as administrator . There he was responsible for the administration of the city courtyard and looked after the Heiligenkreuzer Stiftsarchiv, which was located in the building at the time. He was dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty in Vienna in 1860 and 1884; on March 11, 1867 he was elected permanent notary of the faculty.

He was mostly present in the negotiations that slowly revived an Austrian Cistercian congregation , around 1859 at the meeting in Prague on the occasion of the Schwarzenberg visit and in 1869 at the General Chapter in Rome. On February 10, 1874 he was by Pope Pius IX. appointed Consultor of the Curial Congregatio Indulgentiarum et Reliquiarum .

After the death of Abbot Edmund Komáromy , Gsell was co-administrator of the monastery from 1877 to 1879.

Awards

In 1881 Gsell was appointed to the prince-archbishop's spiritual council . Pope Leo XIII signed him in 1889. with the Cross of Honor Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice . The Cistercian General Chapter awarded him the title of Historiographus Ordinis in 1891 . On August 1, 1892, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order by the Austrian Emperor .

Publications

Gsell has published numerous publications, especially in the field of history, with a focus on the history of the house at Heiligenkreuz Abbey:

  • About monastery schools with special consideration of the Cistercians. In: Journal for the entire Catholic theology. Vol. 3, Issue 2, 1852, ISSN  1012-7321 , pp. 237-255 .
  • Sermon for the seventh secular celebration of the Benedictine Abbey "Our Lady" to the Scots in Vienna. Delivered on May 5, 1858. In: Eight sermons, held for the seven-hundred-year jubilee celebration of the Benedictine monastery “Our Lady” to the Scots in Vienna, from May 1 to 8, 1858. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1858, pp. 101–118 , ( Digitized version ).
  • Sermon on the occasion of the secondary celebration of the Reverend Mr. P. Emerich Simála, Capitular of the united Cistercian monasteries Heiligenkreuz in Austria and St. Gotthard in Hungary, pastor emeritus, dB administrator of the monastery property Königshofen. Held in the collegiate church of Heiligenkreuz on January 1st, 1860. Mayer, Vienna 1860.
  • Sermon on the feast of holy. Benedict, on which Sr. Grace, the most honorable Mr. Othmar Helferstorfer, pontificated for the first time as the newly elected abbot. Lecture in the collegiate church "Our Lady" with the Scots. Mayer & Compagnie, Vienna 1861.
  • Sermon on the occasion of the second secular celebration of the battle of St. Gotthard and the first of the dedication of the collegiate church there. Held on August 1, 1864. Mayer, Vienna 1864, ( digitized ).
  • The Gültenbuch of the Cistercian monastery Heiligenkreuz from the end of the thirteenth century. Issued and compared with other penal documents. Mayer & Compagnie, Vienna 1866, ( digitized ).
  • Sermon, on the occasion of the bicentenary celebration of the suburb and parish of Leopoldstadt, held on Sunday in the octave of h. Leopold, (last Sunday after Pentecost, November 20, 1870) in front of the high office in the parish church zum Heil Leopold. In: Mathias Poppenberger (Ed.): Sermons on the occasion of the II. Secular celebration of the foundation of the parish of St. Leopold and Leopoldstadt in Vienna in November 1870. Eipeldauer, Vienna 1871, pp. 50–60.
  • Contribution to the history of the Reformation in Lower Austria. From the archives of Heiligenkreuz Abbey. In: Oesterreichische Vierteljahresschrift für Catholic Theologie. Vol. 12, No. 2, 1873, ZDB -ID 547959-9 , pp. 185-224 .
  • Contribution to the life story of Anton Wolfradt, Abbot of Kremsmünster, Prince-Bishop of Vienna. From the archives of Heiligenkreuz Abbey. In: SMBO . Vol. 3, Vol. 2, Issue 4, 1882, pp. 334-345 ; Vol. 4, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1883, pp. 41-48 ; Vol. 4, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 1883, pp. 255-267 .
  • The Heiligenkreuz Abbey and its possessions in 1683. Taken from the abbey archive. In: SMBO. Vol. 4, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 1883, pp. 284-294 ; Jg. 4, Vol. 2, Heft 3, 1883, pp. 81-89 ; Vol. 4, Vol. 2, Issue 4, 1883, pp. 330-343 .
  • Heiligenkreuz Cistercian Abbey. In: Sebastian Brunner (Ed.): Ein Cisterzienserbuch. History and description of the existing and citation of the repealed Cistercian pencils in Austria-Hungary, Germany and Switzerland. Woerl, Würzburg 1881, pp. 52–116 .
  • About medals from the Heiligenkreuz Abbey. Lecture given at the meeting of the Numismatic Society in Vienna on February 15, 1887. In: Monthly Journal of the Numismatic Society in Vienna. Vol. 1, No. 48, 1887, ISSN  0258-5669 , pp. 199-201 ; Vol. 1, No. 49, 1887, pp. 204-206 .
  • List of manuscripts in the library of Heiligenkreuz Abbey. In: The manuscript directories of the Cistercienser monasteries Reun in Styria, Heiligenkreuz-Neukloster, Zwettl, Lilienfeld in Nieder-, Wilhering and Schlierbach in Upper Austria, Osseg and Huhenfurt in Boehmen, Stams in Tirol. Volume 1: Reun, Heiligenkreuz-Neukloster, Zwettl, Lilienfeld (= Xenia Bernardina. Part 2, Vol. 1). Hölder, Vienna 1891, pp. 117–272 .
  • Heiligenkreuz. In: Contributions to the history of the Cistercian monasteries Reun, Heiligenkreuz-Neukloster, Zwettl, Lilienfeld in Nieder-Wilhering and Schlierbach in Upper Austria, Ossegg and Hohenfurt in Boehmen, Mogila near Krakow, Szczyric in Galicia and Stams in Tyrol and the Cistercienserinnen- Marienthal and Marienstern Abbeys in the Koen. Saxon Lausitz (= Xenia Bernardina. Tl. 3). Hölder, Vienna 1891, pp. 35–112 .
  • Regesta from the archives of the Cistercian monastery Heiligenkreuz. In: Anton Mayer (Hrsg.): Sources for the history of the city of Vienna. Department 1: regesta from domestic and foreign archives with the exception of the archives of the City of Vienna. Volume 1. Alterthums-Verein zu Wien, Vienna 1895, pp. 119–142 .

In addition, he published many reviews and critical reports in the magazine for the entire Catholic theology and in the Austrian quarterly for Catholic theology .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Stiftshofmeister Gsell ✝. In: Reichspost . May 24, 1901, p. 6 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Immolata Kronpass , Polycarp Zakar : The choice Leopold Wackarz the Abbot General. Prehistory, course, consequences, most important documents of the General Chapter from 1891. In: Analecta Cisterciensia . Vol. 36, 1980, pp. 3-86 , here p. 25 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gsell, Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian priest, monk, archivist and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1901
Place of death Heiligenkreuz