Franz von Gaisberg

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Franz von Gaisberg (* 1465 in Konstanz ; † March 23, 1529 in Rorschach ) was librarian from 1491 to approx. 1496 and abbot of St. Gallen Monastery from 1504 to 1529 .

Life

Franz von Gaisberg's father Anton was first in Austrian, then in French service. His mother Verena Hux was the daughter of a rich St. Gallen weaver. Franz von Gaisberg later had a burial chapel built for his parents in the monastery of St. Gallen, the so-called Gaisberg chapel. He made his profession between 1477 and 1482 . He first appeared as a priest on August 20, 1488. Probably from 1491 he was Custos , from June 11, 1496, he has been Subprior testified. On April 19, 1504, he was elected abbot as acting subdean . Like his predecessor Gotthard Giel von Glattburg , he traveled to Rome for the papal confirmation . He received this on June 12, 1504, he received the corresponding consecration in the Church of Santa Maria dell'Anima from Bishop Titus Veltri of Castro.

Act

In the first months of his term of office, Abbot Franz had to deal with a dispute between the prince abbey and the city of Wil . Pope Julius II arbitrated this on June 3, 1505, whereby the rights of the two parties were precisely regulated. Abbot Franz strove for an active acquisition policy. In 1505 he bought the castle on the Rosenberg near Berneck from Gallus Muntprat, including the property belonging to it, for 5350 guilders. In 1510 he acquired the court rights to Balgach from the abbess Amalia von Lindau . In 1520 he bought the tithe of Buchen and Staad from Jakob Blarer von Wartensee . Its policy of thrift placed the abbey on solid economic foundations. In cultural and religious terms, he made a contribution to the canonization of Notker the Stammler as well as the furnishing of the minster. He had the organ restored, paintings made, new choir stalls built and valuable measuring textiles.

As an ally of the Swiss Confederation , the Prince Abbot of St. Gallen was involved in its war and alliance policy. In the context of the Italian wars , the prince abbey initially received papal pensions and certificates of privilege issued by the pope. In 1512 Leo X confirmed the incorporation of Rorschach , St. Margrethen , Höchst and Bernang into the princely jurisdiction. After the defeat at Marignano in 1515, Abbot Franz appeared as a French partisan. He received a French pension of 4,000 francs.

Driven by the ideas of the Reformation, there were several unrest in the territory of the abbey from 1520 onwards. In the course of the Peasant Wars , the subjects of the Upper Office formulated their concerns in articles on May 1, 1525 in Lömmerschwil . In the Rapperswil Treaty of July 17, 1525, the position of the abbey largely prevailed. But soon afterwards the unrest in connection with the Reformation ideas took on a dynamic that could hardly be controlled. In the late summer of 1527 the abbot left St. Gallen and initially fled to Wil , where the new faith was not yet able to gain a foothold. The increasing unrest finally forced him to retreat to the Rorschach monastery and later to the St. Annaschloss in Rorschach, where he was besieged by rebel subjects. In the meantime , Joachim Vadian and Dominik Zili pushed through the Reformation in St. Gallen . On February 23, 1529 there was an iconoclasm there . Abbot Franz died in Rorschach on March 23, 1529.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl I. Wegelin: The parish church of St. Laurenzen from its origins to our times. A documented contribution to illuminating the church and Reformation history of the city of St. Gallen . Wegelin, 1832, p. 50 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ Werner Vogler: St. Gallen - Abbots: Franz Gaisberg, 1504–1529. In: Helvetia Sacra. Dept. III: The orders with Benedictine rule. 2/1: Early monasteries, the Benedictines in Switzerland. Francke Verlag, Bern 1986, pp. 1323-1325.
  3. ^ Franz von Gaisberg on the website of the canton of St. Gallen.
predecessor Office successor
Gotthard Giel from Glattburg Abbot of St. Gallen
1505–1529 		Kilian Germann
Johannes Stöfer Librarian of St. Gallen
1491–1496 Custos 		Ulrich Heer
personal data
SURNAME Gaisberg, Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot and librarian of the St. Gallen Monastery
DATE OF BIRTH 1465
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1529
Place of death Rorschach