Clemens Prasser

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Epitaph for Clemens Prasser in the former collegiate church of the Birth of Mary in Rottenbuch

Clemens Prasser (born March 13, 1703 in Polling (near Weilheim) as Johann Prasser ; † July 1, 1770 in Rottenbuch ) was a German clergyman and provost of the Augustinian Canons' monastery in Rottenbuch, a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau .

Life

Joseph Prasser, brother of the Fürstenzell abbot Otto Prasser, joined the Augustinian Canons' monastery in Rottenbuch as a novice after graduating from high school in 1722 at the Jesuit high school in Munich (today: Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) . During his profession in 1723 he was given the monastery name Clemens there.

As successor to Patritius Oswald, Clemens Prasser was provost of the monastery from 1740 until his death in 1770. Under Clemens Prasser the following furnishings were completed in the monastery church: pulpit (1743), stucco and frescoes in the nave (1744), font with rococo grille (1745), six side altars in the nave (1745/45), organ and choir organ in the crossing (1746 / 48) and the high altar (1749/52).

After Clemens Prasser's death, an epitaph made of red marble stone was erected for him in the monastery church . The inscription under the relief chest image and his coat of arms reads:

Anno Dmi. MDCCLXX. THE I JULII PIISSIME IN Dno. OBIIT Rmus. PERILLUSTRISSIMUS ET AMPLISSIMUS DD CLEMENS PRASSER PERFECTUM HUMILITATIS ET MANSUETUDINIS EXEMPLAR, REGULARIS DISCIPLINAE PAUPERTATIS PRAESERTIM AMATOR ZELOSISSIMUS, ABBAS COLERANENSIS, ABBAS LATERANENSIS, ARCHIDIACONUS NATO, REAEDIIII ARCHIDIACONUS NATO. REGIMINIS XXX. RIP .
“In the year of the Lord, 1770, on July 1st, the venerable and illustrious Lord, Mr. Clemens Prasser, a perfect example of humility and meekness, an avid lover of regular discipline, especially poverty, Lateranian abbot , born archdeacon , died piously in the Lord , Rebuilders of our entire monastery, worthy of eternal memory, at the age of 68, in the 30th year of his tenure. May he rest in peace. "

literature

  • Jakob Mois : The collegiate church of Rottenbuch. 2nd edition, Rottenbuch 2000, pp. 121–122 (without ISBN).
  • H. Wietlisbach: Album Rottenbuchense. A directory of provosts and religious from the Augustinian Canon Monastery of Rottenbuch from 1902 with 103 pages, there on pp. 29–30, also with a portrait of him in this book on the following page.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 2, p. 214.
personal data
SURNAME Prasser, Clemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman and provost of the Augustinian Canon monastery in Rottenbuch
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1703
PLACE OF BIRTH Polling (near Weilheim)
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1770
Place of death Rottenbuch