Johannes I. (Münsterschwarzach)

Johannes I (* unknown, † September 12 or December 10, probably 1334 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach from 1318 to 1334 .

Münsterschwarzach before Johannes

The sources of the 13th and 14th centuries for the Münsterschwarzach Abbey are very vague. Abbot Gottfried , the first abbot in this century, was commissioned by the Pope to investigate the miracles that had occurred at the grave of Bishop Otto of Bamberg. Under one of his successors, Abbot Herold , the monastery burned for the first time on November 22nd, 1228 because a battle was taking place in the nearby town of Schwarzach .

With Hermann , a prelate from Münsterschwarzach appeared in the second half of the 13th century, who remained unknown to the monastery chroniclers. The abbot was identified only with recent research. The terms of office of the subsequent heads have rarely been fully recorded. Shortly before Johannes was appointed head of the monastery, a dispute divided the convent . Two abbots presided over the monastery for a year.

Life

The inscription in the Dimbach church

Nothing is known precisely about the youth and origin of Abbot John I. According to the monastery chroniclers, he is said to have assumed the office of abbot in 1316. However, this cannot be the case, as Abbot Konrad Zobel is documented in 1317. John probably did not follow him until January or February of the year 1318. He is first attested as headmaster on April 2, 1318 on a document from the Kitzingen abbess Gertrud.

After he took office, Johannes sold many of the monastery's goods. In 1320 the possessions in Kleindornheim near Iphofen and in Geiselwind were sold to a knight. In 1321 there was a valid in Bullenheim, which was left to the Nuremberg Knights of the Teutonic Order. Again in 1324 Gülte in Kirchschönbach and Greuth in the Steigerwald were sold. From 1325, the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach was the recipient of most of the sales.

On October 21, 1325, the Würzburg Church received all rights and possessions in Enrsheim, Dornheim and Altmanshusen in the Steigerwald . In addition, the right of patronage to the church in Enrsheim was left to her. The reason for the sales was the expansion of the Church of St. Maria de Rosario in Dimbach , which Bishop Wolfram had transferred to the monastery . A building inscription, which is kept in the church today, is called “IOhAnni ABBATI In SWARTZACh”.

At the same time, the abbey also invested in some goods in Neuses am Berg , for which they paid 60 pounds sterling. issued. In 1326 Abbot John I last documented it. On February 20, 1334, Münsterschwarzach received a certificate of confirmation for his privileges, which was granted by Pope Johannes XXII. had been issued. Abbot Johannes died in 1334, as his successor is attested in March 1335. The exact date is unclear, however.

literature

• Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . Münsterschwarzach 2002.
• Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach. A comparative overview . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1992.
• Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1992.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See: Wagner, Heinrich: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 136.
2. ↑ While Heinrich Wagner mentions this date, other representations are based on the year 1316. Compare: Trunk, Leo: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 154 f.
3. ↑ Mahr, Johannes: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 19.
4. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: The abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 136.

predecessor	Office	successor
Conrad I. Zobel Conrad II.	Abbot of Münsterschwarzach 1318–1334	Heinrich