Benedict Zenetti
Benedikt Zenetti OSB , (born May 13, 1821 in Speyer as Wilhelm Zenetti (baptismal name); † February 18, 1904 in Munich ) was a Catholic priest , Benedictine and abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Boniface in Munich.
Life
Benedikt or Wilhelm Zenetti was born in Speyer in the Bavarian Palatinate as the son of the government official, later Ministerialrat and District President of the Palatinate, Johann Baptist von Zenetti and his wife Josepha von Mieg. He moved to Munich early because his father was transferred there as an official. Zenetti attended high schools in Munich and Passau . In 1839 he began studying philosophy and law at the University of Munich ; In 1844 he switched to theology. On August 1, 1847, Zenetti was ordained a priest and worked as a secular chaplain of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising , two years as a cooperator (auxiliary chaplain) in Bad Tölz , then in the same position in Aufkirchen .
On December 28, 1851, Wilhelm Zenetti entered the Benedictine order and was given the name of the order "Benedict". At first he was used as a novice master and prior in the St. Boniface monastery, Munich, in 1864 he became director of the " Hollandeum " educational institute supervised there . King Ludwig I of Bavaria finally appointed Benedikt Zenetti in 1866 as 1st prior of the re-established Schäftlarn monastery . In 1872 Prior Zenetti was elected Abbot of St. Boniface in Munich, which also included the Andechs Monastery, famous for its beer . He took up his post on July 27, 1872 and remained there until his death in 1904. The Lexicon Palatinate Personalities writes about him: "He was one of the rare people whose quiet life is a steady sermon".
On June 2, 1876, Zenetti took part in the funeral of Bishop Daniel Bonifaz von Haneberg in Speyer with Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler from Mainz . Haneberg had been his predecessor as Abbot of St. Boniface in Munich. Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria awarded Zenetti the Order of Merit of St. Michael , 3rd class.
His brother Arnold Zenetti was a well-known architect and master builder of Munich, the other brother, Julius von Zenetti , was the district president of Middle Franconia in Ansbach .
The Benedictine abbot was buried in the crypt of the Abbey of St. Boniface. There in the monastery church, which suffered severe damage in the Second World War, King Ludwig I is also laid to rest.
Zenetti was a great-great-uncle of the politicians Hans-Jochen Vogel and Bernhard Vogel .
Abbot Benedikt Zenetti OSB
Greeting postcard from the St. Boniface Monastery in Munich, with a photo and biographical data of Abbot Zenetti.
Abbot Benedikt Zenetti OSB, photo of the obituary in the magazine "Stadt Gottes", 1904
literature
- Viktor Carl: Lexicon of Palatinate personalities . Hennig Verlag, Edenkoben, 2004, ISBN 3-9804668-5-X , page 976.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ “SPD veteran Hans-Jochen Vogel died at the age of 94 years. A late valued "senior teacher" and admonisher , Domradio from July 26th, 2020
- ^ “Abbot Benedikt Zenetti - Third Abbot of St. Bonifaz” , on sankt-bonifaz.de , accessed on July 27, 2020
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Bonifaz Haneberg |
Abbot of Sankt Bonifaz, Munich 1872–1904 |
Gregor Danner |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zenetti, Benedict |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zenetti, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Benedictine abbot in Munich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Speyer |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1904 |
| Place of death | Munich |