Ernst von Neresheim

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Ernst von Neresheim (* in Dillingen on the Danube ; † 1096 in Mecca ) is said to have been the first abbot of the monastery according to an early modern tradition of the Neresheim Abbey . He was considered a saint and martyr by the local monks ( feast day : probably July 13th). According to Paulus Weißenberger (1962), however, this is either a confusion with the holy Ernst von Zwiefalten or even an attempt to overtake the Zwiefalten Abbey by adopting the tradition .

The tradition

According to the tradition of the monastery, Ernst from the House of Dillingen was the first abbot of the monastery when it was founded in 1095. He took part in the first crusade and is said to have been murdered by Muslims near Korozain in Syria in 1096, with the entrails being removed from his body wall.

To the background

The Neresheim monastery was founded in 1095 by the foundation of Count Hartmann von Dillingen as a canon monastery and the foundation was confirmed by a papal bull by Urban II . But neither in this bull nor in later writings is there an abbot Ernst from the house of Dillingen . It was not until the 16th century that there were two interdependent chronicles that knew a first ruler by the name of Ernst, but without mentioning martyrdom. Other sources also know this "abbot" without mentioning his martyrdom. It was not until the 18th century that the veneration and tradition developed from the well-attested martyrdom of Ernst von Zwiefalten. Thus Ernst von Neresheim is “not a historical personality, but only a figure of the legend”.

presentation

In the monastery church in Neresheim, Martin Knoller depicts him on the ceiling fresco with a reel and winch.

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  1. ↑ Weißenberger: p. 475.