St. Symphorian Monastery

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The St. Symphorian Monastery in Zurlauben , today part of Trier , was an early medieval women's monastery.

history

The monastery was founded in the first half of the 7th century by Archbishop Moduald . Unlike other of his foundations, St. Symphorian was established from his own resources. His sister, later canonized Severa , became the first abbess . It is not a matter of course for the time that the women's community lived according to the Benedictine rule from the beginning . The establishment was in connection with the Iro-Scottish mission .

The bishop, his sister, and other high-ranking figures such as Bishops Bonosus and Abrunculus were buried there.

Part of the originally rich monastery properties were lost at the beginning of the 8th century . The monastery church was first mentioned in a document in 864 . The monastery itself went under in the course of the Norman invasions . In 882 in particular , the nuns suffered under the attacks of the Vikings. It is unclear whether the monastery life was already extinguished or whether it continued for some time.

The ownership of the monastery fell partly to the St. Paulin Abbey and partly to the St. Martin Abbey . This was also given to the monastery church. The church temporarily served as a parish church for Sirzenich and Lorich . The services were held by a member of the monastery convention. Later the church apparently came into the possession of the St. Paulin monastery. The church was mentioned as a parish church in 1057 and 1393. Their remains were removed in 1665.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich Prinz: Germany's early history: Celts, Romans and Germanic peoples . Stuttgart 2003, p. 249

literature

  • Jakob Marx : History of the Archbishopric Trier. II. Department, Vol. 1. Trier 1860, pp. 459-461.
  • Gabriele B. Clemens / Lukas Clemens: History of the city of Trier. Munich 2007, pp. 65, 70f.

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