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 .
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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
- Biography of Bonifaz Natter on benediktinerlexikon.de
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
- ↑ The Catholic Historical Review , Vol. 8, No. 3, October 1922, pp. 416-474, JSTOR 25011898
- ↑ Heritage and Order , Volume 35, Erzabtei Beuron, 1959, p. 126 f., Books.google.de
- ^ Studies and communications from the Benedictine and Cistercian order , Volume 27, L. Woerl, 1906, p. 720, books.google.de
- ^ Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, volumes 28–29, Anton Pustet, 1907, p. 302, books.google.de
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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 |