Gotthard Giel from Glattburg

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Gotthard Giel von Glattburg (* before 1489; † April 13, 1504 ) was abbot of the St. Gallen monastery from 1491 to 1504 .

Life

Gotthard came from the old St. Gallen ministerial family Giel . His father was Rudolf Giel von Glattburg . His sister Amalia was abbess in Magdenau from 1507 to 1532 , his sister Johanna a nun in the same monastery. He transferred monastic fiefs to his brothers Peter, Johann and Rudolf, and provided his father with the rule of Wängi in Thurgau.

Act

In 1486, the St. Gallen Monastery bought the Glattburg estate. Gotthard from the Glattburg family is first attested in 1489 as a conventual in the monastery of St. Gallen, and in 1490 he was governor in Wil . On March 18, 1491 he was elected abbot. Shortly afterwards Gotthard traveled to Rome in order to receive the papal confirmation of his abbot status on May 9, 1491. He received the corresponding ordinations on May 15, 1491 in the Church of Santa Maria dell'Anima from Bishop Titus Veltri of Castro. Back in St. Gallen, he signed a contract with Wil, in which the rights of the prince abbot towards the city were regulated. In general, Abbot Gotthard was very concerned about the consolidation of the prince's rights and privileges. In 1492 he obtained the reintroduction of the big tithe for the residents of Gossau . In addition, he tried to rebuild the destroyed Mariaberg Monastery in Rorschach , which from then on served school and administrative purposes. On February 13, 1497, he had the first grain and weekly market held in Rorschach. During the Swabian War he supported the federal towns with troop contingents from the princely. In religious terms, in continuation of his predecessor, he promoted the veneration of the St. Gall monastery saint Gallus by having a precious reliquary made for his bones.

Abbot Gotthard maintained a clientelistic administration. He favored his family and loyal followers and let them share in the abbey's economic resources. As a result, an election surrender was drawn up for the election of his successor, which was supposed to prevent such practices.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Werner Vogler: St. Gallen - Abbots: Gotthard Giel von Glattburg, 1491–1504. In: Helvetia Sacra, Dept. III: The orders with Benedictine rule. 2/1: Early monasteries, the Benedictines in Switzerland. Francke Verlag, Bern 1986, p. 1322 f.
predecessor Office successor
Ulrich Rösch Abbot of St. Gallen
1491–1504 		Franz von Gaisberg
personal data
SURNAME Glattburg, Gotthard Giel from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of the St. Gallen Monastery (1491–1504)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1489
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1504