Madalbertus

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Madalbertus († November 18, 857 ) was abbot of the Steigerwaldkloster Megingaudshausen from 821 or 843 to 857 . He also appears in the line of abbots from Münsterschwarzach , because the Megingaudshausen monastery is considered the predecessor abbey .

The monastery in front of Madalbertus

Abbot Madalbertus was the second abbot of the Megingaudshausen monastery in the Steigerwald . It had been founded shortly before, in the year 816, by the East Franconian Count Megingaud and his wife Imma. As the easternmost Carolingian monastery, it was supposed to promote the proselytizing of the pagan population groups. Benedict von Aniane , the "Abbot General" of the Franconian monasteries was chosen as the first head and brought some Gallic monks with him to Franconia .

Life

Very little information is available about the life of Abbot Madalbertus. Heinrich Wagner assigned it to the Mattonen family , for whom the abbey was originally built as a family monastery. Wagner derives this from the abbot's name: names that begin with the syllable Madal- are abbreviated to “Matto”, the leading name of the gender. Vogt, however, suspects an origin from what is now France . Maybe Madalbertus began his spiritual career in the Rhineland.

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 1988.
  • Gabriel Vogt: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey . Volkach 1980.
  • 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 1988.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ While Heinrich Wagner (p. 82) mentions this year, most of the other representations are based on the year 867. Compare: Trunk, Leo: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 154 f.
  2. ↑ Mahr, Johannes: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 10.
  3. ^ Vogt, Gabriel: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey . P. 10.
  4. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: The Abbots of Megingaudshausen in the Middle Ages . P. 83.
predecessor Office successor
Benedict of Aniane Abbot of Megingaudshausen (Münsterschwarzach)
821 / 843–857 		Hartwig
personal data
SURNAME Madalbertus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Madelbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Benedictine abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century or 9th century
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 857