Eggehardus

Eggehardus († March 28, 1192 ) was a Cistercian monk , priest and from 1185 to 1192 first abbot in the Marienfeld monastery .

Life

Eggehardus entered the Cistercian monastery Hardehausen as a monk . In 1185 the local abbot Nikolaus sent him with some confreres to the area, which is now called Marienfeld , to found a monastery. When the monastery was re-established, Eggehardus was to lead as abbot. Hermann II von Katzenelnbogen , Prince-Bishop of Münster , performed the benediction .

Abbot Eggehardus began building the monastery and also accepted the first monks into the convent . Among the most important are the aforementioned Prince-Bishop Hermann II and Bernhard zur Lippe .

Eggehardus died on March 28, 1192 and was buried in the chapter house. On his tombstone it said:

Egghard in coelis regnat nunc Abba fidelis

Nomine Pastoris sidit hic; et nomen honoris

Hic tenuit primo, quem Christ vexit ab imo

In German translation:

Abbot Eggehardus is now king in heaven.

As a faithful shepherd he resided here,

here he first exercised the dignity of his office.

Christ exalted him.

literature

• Rudolf Böhmer, Paul Leidinger : Chronicles and documents on the history of the Cistercian Abbey Marienfeld 1185–1803 . Self-published by the parish, Marienfeld 1998, ISBN 3-921961-09-8  ( formally incorrect ) .
• Walter Werland: Marienfelder Chronik . Marienfeld 1981 (published on behalf of the Marienfeld community, Marienfeld).

predecessor	Office	successor
	Abbot of Marienfeld 1185–1192	Godfridus