Laurentius Zeller
Laurentius Zeller OSB (born July 13, 1873 in Riedlingen , † September 1, 1945 in Belém do Pará ) was a German Benedictine abbot and bishop .
Life
Zeller entered the Seckau Abbey in Styria in 1894 and was ordained a priest in Rome in 1899. After obtaining his doctorate in theology, he took on teaching positions in his monastery and at the Papal Athenaeum St. Anselmo in Rome . In 1908 he was elected abbot of Seckau Abbey. After the First World War, he restored the Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias in Trier with eight monks from Seckau and four from Maria Laach and therefore resigned as Abbot of Seckau in 1925.
Zeller was entrusted with difficult missions several times. In 1928 he visited the monasteries in Austria on papal orders with Abbot Simon Konrad Landersdorfer and in 1932 the monasteries in Brazil . In 1938 he became Archabbot of the Brazilian Congregation , in 1939 he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco and ordained Titular Bishop of Dorylaum . At malaria ill, he came in 1945 by an accident and was in the Abbey Sao Bento in Rio de Janeiro buried.
literature
- Archabbot Laurentius Zeller OSB in memory . Trier: Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias 1947
- Archabbot and Bishop Laurentius Zeller in memory . In: Benediktinische Monatsschrift 25 (1949), pp. 137-139.
- Laurentius Zeller in Biographia Benedictina (Benediktinerlexikon.de), version of September 24, 2011
Web links
- Literature by and about Laurentius Zeller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Lorenz Zeller on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on March 18, 2017.
- Entry on Laurentius Zeller on medal online (August 20, 2009)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ildefon's racks |
Abbot of Seckau 1908–1925 |
Suitbert Birkle |
| Andreas Welter († 1809) |
Abbot of St. Matthias (Trier) 1925–1938 |
Basil Ebel |
| ? |
Archabbot of the Brazilian Congregation 1938–1945 |
Placidus Staeb |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeller, Laurentius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Benedictine abbot and bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riedlingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1945 |
| Place of death | Belém do Pará |