Gottfried (Münsterschwarzach)

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Gottfried (* around 1132 in Reupelsdorf ; † December 15, 1213 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach from 1182 and 1183 to 1213 .

Life

Very little is known about the origin of Abbot Gottfried. In the monastery chronicle Felicitas Rediviva he was referred to as a member of the von Seinsheim family . It had its eponymous headquarters in Seinsheim in Lower Franconia . Gottfried was probably born in the family's castle in Reupelsdorf. The sources are silent about youth and education. Only when he took office, after the death of Abbot Trageboto , in 1182 or 1183, Gottfried was mentioned again.

A single source, namely the monastery chronicle, even mentioned the age of Gottfried in his benediction : He is said to have been 50 years old. During his tenure, Gottfried bought back a tithe in Ostheim near Dettelbach for his aunt on his father's side . In 1189, Pope Clement III commissioned the abbot to examine the miracles that had occurred on the grave of Bishop Otto von Bamberg.

Gottfried only documented personally on an undated and unsealed note, which shows that the monastery chancellery could not yet be regarded as a fully-fledged document workshop. With the consent of Bailiff Rupert von Castell , he sold some goods in Brünnstadt to the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach in the Steigerwald. According to the monastery chronicle, Abbot Gottfried died on December 15, 1213 at the age of 79 or 80.

coat of arms

The family coat of arms after Scheibler

Abbot Gottfried has not received a personal coat of arms. However, if he was part of the extensive family of the Knights of Seinsheim, he had a family coat of arms. Description of the family coat of arms: five times split by silver and blue.

literature

  • Bruno Botschka, Karl Ebert, Bruno Feser, Werner Knaier, Heinz Otte: Festschrift. 400th anniversary of the Reupelsdorf parish. July 11, 1598-11. July 1998 . Reupelsdorf 1998.
  • Rainer Kengel: The coat of arms of the abbots of Münsterschwarzach . In: Abtei Münsterschwarzach (Ed.): Abtei Münsterschwarzach. Works from their history . Münsterschwarzach 1938.
  • Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . Münsterschwarzach 2002.
  • Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach. A comparative overview . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1992.
  • Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1992.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The monastery chronicle mentions that Gottfried is said to have been 50 years old when he took office.
  2. ^ Botschka, Bruno: Festschrift . P. 15.
  3. ↑ Most representations give this date, only the so-called Magna Gloria is based on the year 1203, probably due to a transcription error. Cf. Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 154 f.
  4. ↑ Corresponding to the death of his predecessor, Abbot Trageboto.
  5. ^ Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 125.
  6. ↑ Rainer Kengel: The coat of arms of the abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 135.
predecessor Office successor
Carrying photo Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
1182 / 1183–1213 		Dietrich II.
personal data
SURNAME Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frid of God (Latin); Gottfried von Seinsheim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine abbot
DATE OF BIRTH around 1132
PLACE OF BIRTH Reupelsdorf
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1213