Berno von Reichenau

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Berno (* around 978 ; † June 7, 1048 in Reichenau ) was abbot of the Reichenau monastery from 1008 to 1048 .

Origin and name

His date of birth is just as unknown as his social origin. Presumably he came from a family from Lorraine and had been given as a wafer in the Prüm monastery . Before his abbatiat he was a monk in the Fleury monastery and received his training there from Abbo von Fleury .

The addition of the ending o in his name is probably due to the later Latinization of his name, because he only called himself Bern and was also mainly spelled that way by contemporaries.

Act

Grave slab of the abbot Bern von Reichenau in front of the Markus altar in the Reichenau Minster

Bern was appointed abbot of the Reichenau monastery by King Heinrich II in 1008 and consecrated by Bishop Lambert of Konstanz . He succeeded the Reform Abbot Immo , who was probably rejected by the monks because of his too strict interpretation of the Benedictine rule. The leadership of the monastery under Bern was more liberal, but the reform of the monastery continued. The monastery experienced an economic as well as scientific heyday under his leadership.

Along with Hermann the Lame , whose teacher and sponsor he was, he is considered one of the most versatile scholars of his time. In addition to numerous music-theoretical , liturgical , theological and computist writings, he also wrote several offices and hymns as well as a hagiographical vita of St. Ulrich of Augsburg .

Politically, Bern maintained close ties to Heinrich II., Konrad II. And Heinrich III. He took part in Henry II's coronation in 1014 and in 1027 in Conrad II's coronation and accompanied Henry II on his third journey to Rome in 1021/22. His special closeness and the close relationship of trust with the rulers can also be seen in the numerous letters from Bern to Heinrich II. And Heinrich III. as well as the fact that he dedicated his collected works to the latter.

Abbot Bern prompted the West extension of the Abbey Church of St. Mary and St. Mark's for the display and veneration of St. Mark - relics and the dedication was by the Bishop of Constance Theodoric attend on April 24, 1048 still yourself. During his tenure, the Laurentius Chapel, intended as a burial place for the Counts of Nellenburg, and a church dedicated to St. Adalbert , which he did not live to see completed, were also built.

Bern died on June 7, 1048 and found its final resting place in the crossing of the west transept of the Reichenau Minster that he had built.

literature

  • Anja Bayer, Bertram Jenisch: The grave robes of the abbot Berno von Reichenau († 1048). Investigations by the Abegg Foundation Riggisberg. In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg , 39th year 2010, issue 3, pp. 176-183 ( PDF ).
  • Niels Becker: Bern von Reichenau. De nigromantia seu divinatione daemonum contemnenda and three sermons (de pascha, in epiphania Domini, in caena Domini). Edition, translation, commentary (Editiones Heidelbergenses 36). Heidelberg: Winter 2017 ISBN 9783825368388 .
  • Dieter Blume: Bern von Reichenau (1008-1048): abbot, scholar, biographer. A picture of life with a catalog raisonné as well as an edition and translation of Bern's Vita S. Uodalrici (= Constance Working Group for Medieval History: Lectures and Research; Special Volume 52). Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7995-6762-6 ( digitized version ).
  • Benedikt Marxreiter: Bern von Reichenau. De nigromantia seu divinatione daemonum contemnenda. Edition and investigation (Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Studies and Texts, Vol. 61). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2016 ISBN 978-3-447-10747-1 ( review ).
  • Roland Rappmann, Alfons Zettler: The Reichenau monk community and their commemoration of the dead in the early Middle Ages ( archeology and history 5). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1998, ISBN 3-7995-7355-0 .
  • Alexander Rausch : Bern von Reichenau and its influence on music theory . In: Medieval Music Theory in Central Europe, ed. v. Walter Pass u. Alexander Rausch. Tutzing, 1998, pp. 133-150 (Musica medievalis Europae occidentalis, 4).
  • Alexander Rausch: The music tracts of the abbot Bern von Reichenau . Tutzing, 1999 (Musica medievalis Europae occidentalis, 5).
  • Jane Warburton: Questions of Attribution and Chronology in Three Medieval Texts on Species Theory . In: Music Theory Spectrum, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 225–235 (discusses the authorship of 3 music acts ascribed to Berno).

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  1. ↑ Dieter Blume: Bern von Reichenau (1008-1048): abbot, scholar, biographer. A picture of life with a list of works as well as an edition and translation of Bern's Vita S. Uodalrici . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7995-6762-6 , p. 58.
  2. ↑ Dieter Blume: Bern von Reichenau (1008-1048): abbot, scholar, biographer. A picture of life with a list of works as well as an edition and translation of Bern's Vita S. Uodalrici . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7995-6762-6 , pp. 62-63.
  3. ^ Konrad Beyerle : From the foundation to the end of the baronial monastery (724-1427) . In: Konrad Beyerle (ed.): The culture of the Reichenau Abbey. Commemorative pamphlet for the twelve hundredth anniversary of the founding year of the island monastery 724–1924 . 1st subband. Verlag der Münchner Drucke, Munich 1925, pp. 55–212, here p. 113.
  4. ↑ Dieter Blume: Bern von Reichenau (1008-1048): abbot, scholar, biographer. A picture of life with a list of works as well as an edition and translation of Bern's Vita S. Uodalrici . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7995-6762-6 , pp. 75-79.
  5. ^ Konrad Beyerle : From the foundation to the end of the baronial monastery (724-1427) . In: Konrad Beyerle (ed.): The culture of the Reichenau Abbey. Commemorative pamphlet for the twelve hundredth anniversary of the founding year of the island monastery 724–1924 . 1st subband. Verlag der Münchner Drucke, Munich 1925, pp. 55–212, here p. 116.
predecessor Office successor
Real estate Abbot of Reichenau
1008-1048 		Ulrich I.
personal data
SURNAME Berno von Reichenau
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bern from Reichenau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of Reichenau (1008-1048)
DATE OF BIRTH at 978
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1048
Place of death Reichenau