Jodok Hösli
Jodok Hösli (also Jodokus Höslin ; * around 1592 in Glarus ; † May 31, 1637 in Pfäfers ) was a Swiss Benedictine and abbot of the Pfäfers monastery in the canton of St. Gallen .
Life
Jodok Hösli was born the son of Governor Fridolin Hösli. He took his religious vows in 1606 and was a theology student at the University of Dillingen from 1610 . In 1616 he received his priestly ordination and was from 1623 to 1626 administrator .
In 1626 he was appointed abbot of the Pfäfers monastery. He embodied the Catholic Reform and Baroque humanism and was in contact with many representatives of contemporary intellectual life, including Johannes Guler von Wyneck ; under him the abbey experienced its first baroque heyday.
In 1630 he had the thermal water from the spring, which was considered the "queen of all healing springs" in the 17th century, directed to the more easily accessible exit of the Tamina Gorge , where the Old Pfäfers Bad was built in the same year . The new bathing facilities and an expert opinion by the doctor Paracelsus made the thermal bath known throughout Europe; the last guests were accommodated in Bad Pfäfers in the 1969 season. After the closure, the spa business relocated to the health resort Bad Ragaz .
In 1631 he transferred the relics of the supposed founder of the monastery, St. Pirmin, from Innsbruck to Pfäfers.
Jodok Hösli was one of the most important abbots of the Baroque period in Pfäfers monastery.
literature
- Werner Vogler: Hösli, Jodok. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Jodok Hösli. In: The healing spring to Pfäfers, a historical-topographical u. Healing trial , Chur 1833. P. 39 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Vogler: Hösli, Jodok. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hösli, Jodok |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Höslin, Jodokus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss dept |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1592 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glarus |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1637 |
| Place of death | Pfäfers |