Konrad II. (Münsterschwarzach)

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Konrad II was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach . He appears as such, however, only in the abbots series by Heinrich Wagner and is referred to by other representations only as an intruder. The exact term of office of the abbot is not known, as Konrad II became prelate in the course of a dispute with Konrad I Zobel . It is possible that Konrad II was only abbot in 1317.

Münsterschwarzach before Konrad

Very few sources are available for the events that shook Münsterschwarzach Abbey in the 13th and early 14th centuries . These testimonies speak of no less than three major fires that destroyed the monastery in 1228, 1266 and 1282. It was only under Abbot Sifrid that it was rebuilt. He excused the abbey and began to buy back the lost rights.

Life

Abbot Konrad II was deliberately not included in the abbot series of the so-called "Chronicons". He was considered an "intrusus", an intruder who wanted to sneak power in the monastery in order to secure an annual pension. He influenced Abbot Konrad I. Zobel as chaplain and caused the prelates to go into debt. Later he even managed to force Abbot Konrad I to resign . However, when the latter returned, fired by the Convention, an open dispute broke out. Konrad II died on an unknown date.

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. ↑ Cf.: Trunk, Leo: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 154 f.
  2. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: The abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 134.
  3. ↑ Mahr, Johannes: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 19.
  4. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: The abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 135.
predecessor Office successor
Sifrid Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
1317 		John I.
personal data
SURNAME Konrad II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 14th Century