Bonifaz Natter

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Bonifaz Natter

Bonifaz Natter (born as Anton Natter , also Boniface Natter ; born April 24, 1866 in Moosbeuren , Württemberg ; † August 4, 1906 outside Cartagena ) was a Benedictine monk and abbot of the rebuilt Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh , Devonshire .

Life

As a convent student, Anton Natter came to the French Benedictine Abbey of La Pierre-qui-Vire at the age of twelve and shortly afterwards via stations in Ramsgate and Leopardstown as a novice in Buckfast Abbey, which was rebuilt in 1882. Here he took his simple vows on November 30, 1883, and his solemn vows on May 3, 1887 . On November 23, 1890 Natter received by Bishop William Vaughan of Plymouth the priesthood . In 1900, at the age of 34, he went to Subiaco as consultor to the Abbot General . On November 19, 1902 he was elected the first Abbot of Buckfast Abbey, confirmed on December 17, installed on January 14, 1903 and on February 24, 1903 by Bishop Charles Graham benediziert . Natter was the first abbot, in canonical succession, of an abbey that was dissolved under Henry VIII .

Benedito Calixto : The sinking of Sirio , oil painting, 1907; on the sinking ship, a bishop blesses two kneeling Benedictines (adder - bowed, with pileolus  - and Vonier)

On a trip as a visitor to the Subiaco Territorial Abbey of the Benedictine Order to found a subsidiary in Argentina , Natter was killed in a shipwreck on August 4, 1906 when his ship, the Sirio , sank in the Mediterranean off the south-east coast of Spain. His body was never found. His companion Ansgar Vonier survived the shipwreck and continued the construction of the abbey as his successor.

Web links

Commons : Bonifaz Natter  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Adam Hamilton: History of St. Mary's Abbey of Buckfast in the county of Devon. AD 760-1906. Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh 1906, pp. 229 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Catholic Historical Review , Vol. 8, No. 3, October 1922, pp. 416-474, JSTOR 25011898
  2. ↑ Heritage and Order , Volume 35, Erzabtei Beuron, 1959, p. 126 f., Books.google.de
  3. ^ Studies and communications from the Benedictine and Cistercian order , Volume 27, L. Woerl, 1906, p. 720, books.google.de
  4. ^ Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, volumes 28–29, Anton Pustet, 1907, p. 302, books.google.de
personal data
SURNAME Natter, Boniface
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Natter, Boniface; Natter, Anton (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine monk and abbot
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Moosbeuren , Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1906
Place of death at Cartagena