Caspar Molitoris

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Caspar Molitoris also Caspar I., Müller , (born February 1, 1504 in Schönau in the Black Forest , † May 15, 1571 in St. Blasien ) was a Benedictine , provost , abbot and historian .

Painting of the coat of arms of Abbot Caspar I, (left the deer for the monastery, right half a black mill wheel on gold, above a gold star on blue) in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Life

Caspar Molitor became provost of Weitnau in 1528 , Basel in 1532 and a large cellar in St. Blasien Abbey in 1535 . In 1541 he was elected 34th abbot as Caspar I. He held the office for thirty years until his death in 1571. He was very entrepreneurial and had new buildings built or expanded existing ones for administration or operation in almost all of the branches.

Works

After Stanislaus Wülberz's, his handwritten notes are the most extensive, especially on the history of the St. Blasien Monastery; later others used his works, above all Martin Gerbert . In the collection of the Franciscan Museum in Villingen , his coat of arms can be found on a glass painting from 1566, which he donated to the Herrenstube when he entered the Villingen guild .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Joseph Mone: Sources for Baden regional history. Volume 1, p. 73.
predecessor Office successor
John IV Wagner Abbot of St. Blasien
1541–1571
Caspar II. Thoma