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Blutenda (also Blittruda , Blitrud , Blidthrut , Blidchrudis ; † April 17, 851 ) was abbess of the Münsterschwarzach convent from 848 to 851 .

Life

The life of the Blutenda can only be sketched out in the early medieval sources. Many stations have been reconstructed by historians. What is certain is only that Blutenda daughter of Gaugrafen Folckbert (also Folk Bert) was born. Folckbert was in charge of the Franconian Volkfeldgau , which developed along the Volkachbach at the Maindreieck . The older literature also anachronistically refers to Blutenda as “comitissa”, meaning countess.

The name Blutenda is probably a copy error of the 16th and 17th centuries. It was probably actually the name "Blittruda", which can be associated with the Mattons as a gender name. Thus, Blutenda was ascribed a relationship with Bishop Gozbald von Würzburg, who could also have been Mattone. A "Blidthrut" also appeared in a letter from Imma, the wife of Einhard von Seligenstadt . Blutenda could have been that Imma's sister. In this letter, Blutenda is supposed to stand up for the unfree Wenilo, who had fallen out of favor with his master.

Blutenda gained special significance through its connection to the Münsterschwarzach convent. This was originally an own monastery of the East Franconian family of the Mattonen , who wanted to use the monastery to provide for their later daughters. In the 8th century, however, Münsterschwarzach came to the Carolingian ruling house. In the 830s / 840s, the daughter of Emperor Charlemagne , Theodrada , headed the abbey. However, the Mattons continued to claim the abbey, and the two families were now linked by marriage.

Blutenda is mentioned in a document from the year 844 from Bishop Gozbald, in which he obtained King Ludwig the German's permission to change personnel. After the death Theodradas that may eventually been Blutendas aunt, the Abbey of Blutenda should the enjoyment fall. However, Theodrada was still alive at the time and died at an unknown later date. There is also evidence that Hildegard was abbess of Münsterschwarzach until 853 . The term of office of the blood agenda must fall in the years in between; Franziskus Büll dates it to about the years 848 to 851.

Blutenda also excelled as a donor . In connection with a donation to the Fulda monastery , which she made together with a Huocha in 813, the places Ebensfeld , Wasserlos , Döringstadt , Staffelstein , Kunststadt and Eisenheim appear. The monks of Fulda honored the founder and entered her in their annals of the dead. A "Blidchrudis" was performed for April 17, 851. Bishop Gozbald listed Blutenda in his Beda martyrology .

literature

• Franziskus Büll: The women's monastery Münsterschwarzach . In: Franziskus Büll (Ed.): Magna Gratulatio. 1200 years of Benedictine monastic community from Münsterschwarzach. 816–2016 (= Münsterschwarzacher studies, vol. 55) . Münsterschwarzach 2016. pp. 23–42.
• Franziskus Büll: The Monastery Suuarzaha. A contribution to the history of the Münsterschwarzach women's monastery from 788 (?) To 877 (?) (= Münsterschwarzacher Studien Vol. 42) . Münsterschwarzach 1992.
• Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen (M) and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 (= Münsterschwarzacher Studien Vol. 41) . Münsterschwarzach 1992. pp. 71-152.
• Heinrich Wagner: In the early days of the Würzburg diocese . In: Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst 33rd Archive of the Historical Association for Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg Vol. 104 . Volkach 1981. pp. 95-121.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: For the early days of the diocese of Würzburg . P. 109.
2. ^ Büll, Franziskus: Das Monasterium Suuarzaha . P. 289.
3. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: The abbots of Megingaudshausen (M) and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 85.
4. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: For the early days of the diocese of Würzburg . P. 106.

predecessor	Office	Successor
Theodrada	Abbess of Schwarzach am Main 848–851	Hildegard