Bernhard Ayglerius
Bernhard Ayglerius OSB , also Bernard Ayglier (* around 1216 in Lyon , † April 4, 1282 in Montecassino ) was Abbot of Montecassino, cardinal and theological writer .
Life
He entered the Benedictine order in the Savigny Monastery in the Archdiocese of Lyon . Pope Innocent IV appointed him papal chaplain. Around 1244 he met the Roman Rota as an auditor . Since 1256 he was abbot of the Lérins monastery on the Île Saint-Honorat . Around 1263 he was appointed abbot of Monte Cassino by Urban IV , which he remained until his death. Bernhard brought the monks back from emigration and reformed monastic life. In San Germano he founded a hospital and, at the request of Thomas Aquinas , allowed the Dominicans to build a church there. Charles of Anjou called him to the Kingdom of Sicily around 1266 , where Bernhard became the king's advisor.
Between 1265 and 1268 Pope Clement IV made him cardinal, but Bernhard never took part in a conclave . He was a legate in France to fight the Albigensians and a legate in Constantinople. After his return to Montecassino, he convinced King Charles I to withdraw his troops from a nearby castle.
His tomb in the Montecassino Abbey does not have any badges and there is no epitaph .
Works
Bernhard wrote a commentary on the Rule of Benedict and a Speculum monachorum , a text for the correct behavior of monks. Registers of his documents have been preserved from his term of office .
literature
- Faustino Avagliano: Il Registrum II di Bernardo Aiglerio abate di Montecassino (1263-1282). In: Hubert Mordek (ed.): From Church and Empire: Studies on Theology, Politics and Law in the Middle Ages. Festschrift for Friedrich Kempf on his seventy-fifth birthday and fifty-fifth anniversary of his doctorate. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1983, pp. 363-370.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : AYGLERIUS, Bernhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 311-312.
Web links
- Ayglier, OSB, Bernard. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)
- Literature by and about Bernhard Ayglerius in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernhard Ayglerius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ayglier, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of Montecassino, cardinal and theological writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1216 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1282 |
| Place of death | Montecassino Abbey |