Edelin (Abbot)

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Memorial plaque for Abbot Edelin in the Abbey Church in Weißenburg, as the founder of today's church

Edelin († October 15, 1293 ) was a Benedictine and abbot of the Weissenburg Monastery (Wissembourg) in Alsace .

As abbot, he ruled the monastery from 1262 until his death on October 15, 1293 . During his tenure, the construction of the Gothic Abbey Church of St. Peter and Paul , which still exists today, began.

Since the monastery had lost a large part of its possessions since the 10th century , Edelin had a list of goods made using older documents , called Codex Edelini or Liber Possessionum, in order to inventory the remaining property and protect it from further loss.

Edelin is considered one of the most important personalities in the history of the abbey and the city of Wissembourg .

literature

  • Michael Frey : Attempt of a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal Bavarian Rhine district, Volume 1, Speyer, 1836, p. 467, 470 u. 477; (Digital scan)
  • Archive for Alsatian Church History , Volume 12, 1937, p. 77 u. 78, Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau; (Detail scan)
personal data
SURNAME Noblewoman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Noblewoman of Weissenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of the Weissenburg Abbey (Alsace)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1262
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1293