Ivo Auf der Maur

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Ivo Auf der Maur OSB (* as Josef Maria Auf der Maur on August 14, 1924 ) is a Swiss mission benedictine and retired abbot of St. Otmarsberg .

Life

Ivo Auf der Maur, the first of six children of a carpenter from Steinen SZ , attended the Einsiedeln Abbey high school . In 1994, he joined the Congregation of Benedictine at Freiburg. On November 11, 1945 he made his profession in the Archabbey of Sankt Ottilien . After his philosophical and theological training in Friborg and at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo in Rome, he was ordained a priest on July 10, 1949 . After studying English in London , he worked as a missionary and teacher in Tanzania from 1951 to 1956 . After a two-year doctoral degree to become a Dr. theol. in Rome he worked for five years at the Benedictinum Freiburg.

In 1981 Ivo Auf der Maur became Prior , and from 1982 to 1999 he was the first abbot of the Mission Benedictines of St. Otmarsberg Abbey in Uznach , the youngest abbey in Switzerland. In 2014, under the direction of Notker Wolf , Abbot Primate of the Benedictines from Rome, and Abbot President Jeremias Schröder from St. Ottilien, his 65th jubilee as a priest and his 90th birthday were celebrated in the Abbey of St. Otmarsberg .

Auf der Maur has published numerous works and articles, especially in the field of missiology and religious history as well as on the pilgrimage site of Lourdes .

Fonts (selection)

  • Columban of Luxeuil : monastic rules , Eos, St. Ottilien 2007
  • Caesarius of Arles : Convent rules for nuns and monks , Eos, St. Ottilien 2008
  • Sankt Otmarsberg. From Prokura to the Abbey 1919–2007 , Eos, St. Ottilien 2009
  • A life with Lourdes , Eos, St. Ottilien 2013

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alt Abbot Ivo Auf der Maur celebrates his 90th birthday. In: kath.ch. 17th August 2014
predecessor Office successor
- Abbot of St. Otmarsberg
1982–1999 		Marian Eleganti OSB
personal data
SURNAME On the Maur, Ivo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Auf der Maur, Josef Maria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss religious, Benedictine, Abbot of Uznach
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1924