Gerwig Blarer

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Abbot Gerwig Blarer (18th century painting)

Gerwig Blarer (von Giersberg) OSB , also Gerwig Blaurer , "von Gyrsberg" (* May 25, 1495 in Constance ; † August 30, 1567 in Weingarten ) was the 28th abbot of the Weingarten Abbey and the 10th abbot of the Ochsenhausen Imperial Abbey as well imperial council and papal legate .

Life

Lead medal of the abbey with profile picture and abbot coat of arms by Gerwig Blarer (1529)

Blarer was the son of the Konstanz merchant Hans Blarer († 1505) and his second wife Katharina Schilter. The children of his stepbrother Augustin Blarer († 1502) were Ambrosius Blarer , the reformer of Constance and one of the reformers of the Duchy of Württemberg, Thomas Blarer and Margarete Blarer .

Blarer became a novice of the Benedictines in Weingarten monastery in 1511 . He studied canon law in Freiburg im Breisgau , Vienna and Ferrara . In 1520 he became abbot of Weingarten and in 1547 also abbot of the imperial abbey of Ochsenhausen in Upper Swabia . In 1523 Abbot Gerwig became chairman of the college of Swabian prelates; In 1530 he was appointed imperial councilor and court chaplain. Both Emperor Charles V and his brother Ferdinand I gladly took his advice; he was entrusted with important tasks and missions. Pope Julius II appointed him his legate, and Emperor Charles V appointed him his commissioner at the Imperial Court of Justice in 1556. Blarer became known as the opinion leader of the Catholics of Upper Swabia during the Reformation .

In 1556 he obtained an ordinance from Emperor Charles V for the imperial abbey of Ochsenhausen, which put a stop to the pernicious trade tricks of the Jews .

He was considered Weingarten's most political abbot and played an important role with the prelate Johann Fabri from Leutkirch during the Reformation in Upper Swabia. In 1537 he received the right to use the pontificals.

His successor in Weingarten was Johann Hablitzel .

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Ehmer: Ambrosius Blarer and Gerwig Blarer. Two Benedictines in the decisions of the Reformation period. In: Blätter für Württembergische Kirchengeschichte 86 (1986), pp. 197f.
  2. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz:  Blarer (Blaurer) von Giersberg, Gerwig. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 614.  ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
  3. ^ Description of the Oberamt Ravensburg / Altdorf community on Wikisource
  4. ^ Georg Geisenhof : Brief history of the former imperial monastery Ochsenhausen in Swabia . Ganser, Ottobeuren 1829 ( GoogleBooks , p. 84)
  5. ^ The imperial parish of Leutkirch . ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. leutekirche.de  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eoplekirche.de
  6. ^ Benedictine abbey Weingarten - history (monasteries in Baden-Württemberg) landesarchiv-bw.de
  7. ↑ elkw.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Association for Wuerttemberg Church History@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.zentralbibliothek.elk-wue.de  
  8. ↑ monastery diaries archiv.twoday.net
predecessor Office successor
Hartmann von Knorringen-Burgau Abbot of Weingarten
1520–1567 		Johann Hablitzel
Georg Müller Abbot of Ochsenhausen
1547–1567 		Andrew II Sunday
personal data
SURNAME Blarer, Gerwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giersberg, Gerwig Blaurer from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of Weingarten
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1495
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1567
Place of death Weingarten (Württemberg)