John III Rails from Zell

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John III Rails of Zell (* around 1474 in Zell (Mosel) ; † July 11, 1548 in Trier ) was a German abbot in the imperial abbey of St. Maximin in Trier.

Life

Two days after the death of Abbot Vinzenz Mohr , he was elected abbot by the convent of St. Maximin Monastery on October 1, 1525 , whereupon he paid the curia about 1450 guilders for his confirmation and on April 17, 1526 by Archbishop Richard with the regalia and invested in the fiefs of the empire . The new abbot, born around 1474, came from Zell an der Mosel and was a member of a family that also included the auxiliary bishop of Trier, Nicolaus Schienen . He was probably already a monk in St. Maximin before 1502 and provost in Taben after 1509 , and before December 1514 waiter for the administrator of the abbot's finances in Fell . After the abbey buildings of St. Maximin were badly damaged in the course of the "Trier feud" of Franz von Sickingen in 1522 , Abbot Johannes was chosen at the time when he was negotiating with the city of Trier about compensation to the abbey. Since his predecessor Abbot Vinzenz Mohr could not reach an agreement without the assistance of the Archbishop, he agreed a standstill agreement with him in April 1525.

In 1531, in a further agreement, he did not formally give up the abbey's existing claim for compensation, but in fact. In addition, in contrast to his predecessors, he renounced the special status of the abbey in legal and financial terms. This ultimately earned him the rebuke of compliance by his fellow monk Johannes Scheckmann. It is believed that because of his age, Abbot Johannes took Archdeacon Johann von Isenburg as coadjutor of the abbey in 1541 . Only this personal decision was communicated to the convention on November 21, 1541, which was ultimately approved informally without an election having taken place. It was noted in chronicles that Abbot John had taken great pains to rebuild the Abbey of St. Maximin. During his tenure, the abbot's house, the refectory and St. Michael's Church were rebuilt, the choir of the abbey church was restored and the foundations laid for a new convent building. After his death in 1548 he was buried in the abbey church in front of the St. Andrew's altar, where his successor Johann von Isenburg later placed a tomb with an epitaph for him . A traditional, fragmentary round seal in the tendril shows an abbot with a miter , staff and book and a coat of arms at his feet with three clovers . A smaller seal with his coat of arms has also been preserved.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Bertram Resmini: The Benedictine Abbey of St. Maximin in front of Trier (=  Germania Sacra . Third Part 11, The Dioceses of the Church Province of Trier, The Archdiocese of Trier 13). De Gruyter Academy Research, 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-040944-4 , Johannes III. Rails from Zell, S. 1096 ff ( http://germania-sacra-datenbank.uni-goettingen.de/books/view/1002/1113 Online [accessed on April 4, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz / inventory 211 - Trier, Benedictine monastery St. Maximin / document 1025 - Investiture of the abbot Johann von St. Maximin by Archbishop Richard von Trier and his command to all subordinates of the abbey to obey the same. In: LHAKo
  3. ↑ a b St. Michaelskirche Trier in the Google book search
personal data
SURNAME Rails of Zell, Johannes III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rails, Johann; Schenen, Johann; Schenen de Cellis, John III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dept
DATE OF BIRTH 1474
PLACE OF BIRTH Zell (Moselle)
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1548
Place of death trier