Benedict Reetz
Benedikt Reetz OSB (born March 14, 1897 in Ripsdorf , Eifel as Johannes Reetz ; † December 28, 1964 near Beuron ) was a German Benedictine. He was abbot of Seckau Abbey and Archabbot of the Archabbey of Beuron and Abbot President of the Beuron Congregation .
Life
After John Reetz 1914 graduated from high school at the Gymnasium of the Belgian Benedictine Saint-André in Bruges had taken, he went after the First World War in the Benedictine - Abbey one Seckau, where he the religious name Benedict received. He made his profession in Seckau on July 5, 1921. From then on, Father Benedikt studied at the Benedictine religious college, the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo in Rome, where he was also awarded a Dr. theol. received his doctorate . After his ordination on September 14, 1924, he worked as a chaplain in the newly founded Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias in Trier .
On March 5, 1926 Benedict Reetz was to succeed Suitbert Birkle elected fourth abbot of Seckau and received on 21 March 1926 by the Trier Bishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser the benediction . His motto was: Christi vices agere - act as Christ's representative . Reetz played an important role for the liturgical movement in Austria.
On July 18, 1957, the convent of the Archabbey of St. Martin in Beuron elected him the sixth archabbot of the parent monastery of the Beuron monastery association. In addition, Reetz was elected by the general chapter of the Beuron Congregation on June 1, 1960 to be their abbot praeses. Reetz was an elected member of the council commission for special tasks and, as council father , took part in three sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
He died of the consequences of a traffic accident and was buried in the crypt of the Beuron Chapel of Mercy.
Reetz was an honorary member of the Catholic student associations Austria-Graz and Alamannia Tübingen in the ÖKV and KV .
literature
- Ekkart Sauser : REETZ, Benedikt. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 1198-1199.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Death note for Archabbot Benedikt Reetz , seen on July 27, 2016
- ^ Ernst Christoph Suttner: The Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna, 1884–1984. Duncker & Humblot, 1984, p. 276
Web links
- Literature by and about Benedikt Reetz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry to Benedikt Reetz on medals online
- Entry about Benedikt Reetz on worldcat.org
- Entry on Benedikt Reetz on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 27, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Suitbert Birkle |
Abbot of Seckau 1926–1957 |
Placidus Wolf |
| Benedikt Baur |
Archabbot of Beuron 1957–1964 |
Damasus Zähringer |
| Bernhard Durst |
Abbot praeses of the Beuron Benedictine Congregation 1960–1964 |
Petrus Borne |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reetz, Benedict |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reetz, Johannes (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious, abbot of Seckau, archabbot of Beuron, abbot praeses of the Beuron congregation |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ripsdorf , Eifel |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1964 |
| Place of death | at Beuron |