Ebbo (Münsterschwarzach)

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Ebbo († August 11, 918 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach from 892 to 918 . At that time, the Megingaudshausen monastery, which is considered the predecessor of Münsterschwarzach, moved from the Steigerwald into the abandoned buildings of the Schwarzach women's abbey.

Münsterschwarzach before Ebbo

Before the term of office of Abbot Ebbo, the Megingaudshausen monastery in the Steigerwald already had three monastery heads. Founded as a family monastery of the East Franconian Mattonen , it served to care for their second-born sons. The foundation of the Münsterschwarzach women's abbey, which was located in the buildings of today's Münsterschwarzach in the 8th and 9th centuries, is likely to have pursued similar goals. Around 877 it was dissolved and the monks from the Steigerwald were able to move into the empty buildings.

Life

Very little is known about the life of Abbot Ebbo. Only known association's lifetime was done by the monastery chroniclers who Ebbo as contemporaries of the kings Arnulf , Louis the Child and Conrad I called. At some point during his tenure, the convent of the Megingaudshausen monastery moved to the Main and revitalized the buildings of the former women's monastery. This was made possible by a foundation of the Freising Bishop Dracholf , who was to become Ebbo's successor. Ebbo probably died on August 11, 918.

literature

  • Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . Münsterschwarzach 2002.
  • Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach. A comparative overview . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey Church 1938-1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1988.
  • Gabriel Vogt: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey . Volkach 1980.
  • Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen 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 . Münsterschwarzach 1988.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 10.
  2. ^ Heinrich Wagner: The Abbots of Megingaudshausen and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 85.
predecessor Office successor
Hartwig Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
892–918 		Dragonolf
personal data
SURNAME Ebbo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Benedictine abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 918