Hartmut from St. Gallen
Hartmut von St. Gallen († January 23 after 905 in St. Gallen ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Gallen .
Hartmut ( old high . Of strong courage and spirit) was a monk, student of Rabanus Maurus in the Fulda monastery , and in 872 he succeeded Grimald's abbot of St. Gallen. Otfrid von Weißenburg dedicated his Old High German "Liber evangeliorum", a kind of Gospel harmony in the South Rhine-Franconian dialect , a. a. his friend and colleague Hartmut. As an abbot , Hartmut developed a rich building activity like his predecessor. In 883 he abdicated and then led a life of seclusion near the monastery as a Rekluse in St. Gallen. He died on a January 23rd after 905.
literature
- Hartmut , in: Helvetia Sacra III / 1/2 (1986), pp. 1277-1279.
- Johannes fragrance : Hartmut. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 7 ( digitized version ).
- Gerold Meyer von Knonau : Hartmut . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 704-706.
- Ekkart Sauser : Hartmut. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 506.
Web links
- Christian Folini: Hartmut. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Abbot Hartmut (872-883) in the city dictionary of the city of Wil
- Hartmut in the personal register of Germania Sacra online
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Grimald |
Abbot of St. Gallen 872 - 883 |
Bernhard |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hartmut from St. Gallen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Gallen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23 after 905 |
| Place of death | St. Gallen |