Henricus Stero
Henricus Stero (also Henricus Steoro , Heinrich sturgeon ) OSB (around 1280 / 1287 was) Abt in the Bavarian Benedictine Abbey Metten .
biography
Henricus Stero was a monk of the Niederalteich Benedictine Abbey . Here he was chaplain and secretary to Abbot Hermann von Niederaltaich before 1273 . He wrote an ologium on him in 1275 . For a long time it was also believed that Henricus continued the annals of the Niederalteich monastery written by Abbot Herrmann until 1300.
In 1280 Stero appears for the first time in a document as Abbot von Metten. The von Metten conventuals had probably postulated him as abbot because, after a long period of internal unrest, none of them could be found who was suitable to take over the office. Steros was elected Abbot of Metten in 1278 or 1279. His work as Abbot of Metten ended before 1287, as he was named in a document that year as the predecessor of Abbot Konrad II of Metten. As an abbot in Metten, however, the educated Henricus did not succeed in improving the material conditions and the internal order of the monastery in the long term. It is not known whether he held the office of Abbot von Metten until his death or whether he voluntarily resigned and returned to Niederalteich. In any case, his successor Konrad II complained that he had not taken over the Metten Monastery from Henricus in a bad state.
literature
- Wilhelm Fink , History of the Development of the Benedictine Abbey of Metten. Part 1: The profession book of the abbey (studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, supplement 1/1), Munich 1926, p. 23.
- Maurus Gandershofer , The Merits of the Benedictines of Metten for the Care of Science and the Arts , Landshut 1841, p. 9f.
- Michael Kaufmann, Chronicle of Metten Abbey 766–2016 , Sankt Ottilien 2016, 90f.
- Rupert Mittermüller , The Metten Monastery and its Aebte: An overview of the history of this old Benedictine monastery , Straubing 1856, pp. 49–51.
Web links
- Entry on Henricus Stero in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Konrad I. |
Abbot of Metten Monastery around 1280/1287 |
Konrad II (von Metten) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stero, Henricus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steoro, Henricus; Stör, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Benedictine and abbot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th Century |
| Place of death | Metten |