Johann von Friedingen

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Johann von Friedingen (* around 1458 ; † December 21, 1534 in Bebenhausen ) was the last abbot of the Bebenhausen monastery before the Reformation . He comes from the noble ruling family of the Lords of Friedingen .

Life

Johann von Friedingen was a son of the Württemberg councilor Rudolf von Friedingen. He studied in Heidelberg and Tübingen . He then became a cloister in Stuttgart and later in Plieningen . From August 25, 1493 he was Abbot of Bebenhausen.

He influenced state politics in Württemberg, among other things, through his relationships with Charles V and his brother Ferdinand I , who several times withdrew into the silent solitude of the monastery to atone for his transgressions.

Johann explicitly resisted the Reformation movements, and only one monk from his convent converted to the Protestant faith in order to get married. He supervised the construction work on the cloister , the winter refectory , the dorment and the lay refectory of the monastery and had the new building built as a hostel for guests.

After a stroke he died on December 21, 1534 and was buried in the choir of the Bebenhausen monastery church in front of the high altar.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jürgen Sydow: The Diocese of Constance: The Cistercian Abbey Bebenhausen (Germania Sacra, New Series 16) Berlin / New York, 1984, page 241-247.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Hans Haug: Abbot Fridingen ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.7 MB) 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Fridingen, Johann, in: Biographia Cisterciensis (Cistercian Biography), version of August 27, 2012.