Magnobonus Markmiller
Magnobonus Markmiller baptismal name Franz Xaver Markmiller (born October 19, 1800 in Höchstädt an der Donau , † June 30, 1879 in Neuburg an der Donau ) was a German Catholic priest who entered the order of the Brothers of Mercy of St. John of God and 1851 founded the Bavarian Province of his Order and became its first Provincial .
Life
Origin and early work
Franz Xaver Markmiller was the son of wealthy merchant servants; the father ran a hardware store . He graduated from the Lyceum in Dillingen, where he a. a. the spiritual scientist Joseph von Weber taught. Then Markmiller studied at the local seminary, as well as philosophy and theology at the University of Landshut .
On May 1, 1824, Franz Xaver Markmiller was ordained a priest by Bishop Joseph Maria von Fraunberg in Augsburg Cathedral. He started his first pastoral care position as a chaplain in Gundelfingen , then he moved to Bachhagel , where he also administered the parish. From 1834 to 1841 he was pastor of Staudheim , which is now a district of Rain am Lech . There the following entry is received in the parish register:
" Xaver Markmiller 1834-1841. Under the same roof the church was enlarged, an organ was added, the altars were embellished and many paraments were added . He entered the Order of St. Johann von Gott in Neuburg an der Donau and there made his solemn vows on April 12th. From that moment on he ceased to be pastor of Staudheim. During his novitiate years, Leonhard Moertel, 1839–1841, acted for him. "
Religious and religious founder
The last Bavarian monastery of the Brothers of Mercy of St. John of God existed in Neuburg an der Donau . The care order came to Bavaria in 1622 through a hospital foundation from Count Palatine Wolfgang Wilhelm in Neuburg, where it quickly spread thanks to the favor of the Wittelsbach family . Due to a decree by Emperor Joseph II , the monasteries outside Austria had to be separated. At the provincial chapter in Prague in 1781, the resolution was passed to unite the religious houses in Bavaria, Silesia and West Germany as the "German Province of St. Charles Borromeo". The community hospital in Munich was designated as the seat of the provincial council. Due to the political turmoil and secularization, the province was dissolved in 1803. King Ludwig I gave the Neuburg hospital and monastery back to the order in 1831, who administered it from Austria. The responsible Bishop of Augsburg, Albert von Riegg, did his best to help the Brothers of Mercy to flourish again.
The Staudheim pastor Franz Xaver Markmiller entered this monastery in 1839 and was given the religious name "Magnobonus" , under which he became generally known. In 1841/42 he graduated from the Landshut surgeon school and then took over the office of novice master in Neuburg. He taught the young brothers both a spiritually demanding religious life of charity and the secrets of surgery and wound treatment. From Neuburg, Father Markmiller turned to Straubing , where he first managed the city hospital and then founded an efficient religious hospital in the old Franciscan monastery. Now the order, which had almost been destroyed in Bavaria, began to flourish again. In 1850, Father Magnobonus returned to Neuburg. As a practical organizer, through his spiritual wealth, and his affable, always friendly manner, he won the affection of all confreres.
In 1851 he was commissioned to travel to Rome in order to re-establish contact with the local administration. In Florence he met the Order General Peter Paul Deidda. This meeting was followed by two audiences with Pope Pius IX. in Rome, which agreed to the establishment of its own Bavarian province. On July 9, 1851, Father Markmiller left the Eternal City and returned to Neuburg on July 28, 1851 via Lyon , where he met the general of the order again. Father Deidda had appointed him provincial vicar. On August 3, 1851, he carried out the formal establishment of the Bavarian Province of the Brothers of Mercy of St. John of God in the Church of St. Wolfgang in Neuburg , by accepting the solemn religious professorship of all brothers present and by sending the documents to the Generalate in Rome .
The first provincial chapter took place in the Regensburg Bishop's Palace in 1853 . Here Magnobonus Markmiller was elected the first Bavarian Provincial; he became head of the order province comprising several monasteries. The Regensburg bishop Valentin Riedel was his college friend, which is why the chapter could be held in his palace. The seat of the provincial council was Neuburg, St. Wolfgang, the first and oldest religious settlement on Bavarian soil. Markmiller was the driving force behind the expansion of the community. In 1853 he founded the St. Augustin Monastery in Neuburg, for which he acquired part of the old courtyard garden, the house of a surgeon and a little later the former Franciscan monastery in order to set up a contemporary priestly sanctuary. In 1854 the brothers took over the nursing ward in the Kaisheim penitentiary , in 1856 Markmiller traveled again to the General Chapter in Rome, in 1860 he founded the Schweinspoint nursing home , in 1863 two educational institutions in Algasing and Heiligbrunn , in 1866 the order took over the St. Vitus hospital in Burglengenfeld .
Re-elected several times, Father Markmiller did not resign as Provincial until 1871 due to increasing health problems. Nevertheless, he remained the undisputed leader of the Bavarian religious branch until his death on June 30, 1879 in the St. Augustin Priest Hospital in Neuburg . His grave in the monastery crypt of St. Wolfgang in Neuburg has been preserved.
A large event hall in the Straubing monastery is named after Father Magnobonus Markmiller.
literature
- Marzell Oberneder: "Chronicle of the Merciful Brothers in Bavaria" , Johann von Gott Verlag, Regensburg 1970
- Christian Feldmann: "Father Magnobonus Markmiller and his answer to the needs of the times" , in "Misericordia" (magazine of the Barmherzigen Brüder in Bavaria), 53rd year, June 2001.
Web links
- Website about Father Magnobonus Markmiller
- Website about well-known personalities in Straubing, with a mention of Father Markmiller
Individual evidence
- ↑ On Peter Paul Deidda (penultimate picture, can be enlarged)
- ↑ Illustrated website for the Magnobonus Markmiller Hall
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Markmiller, magnobonus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Markmiller, Franz Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Founder of the Bavarian Province of the Merciful Brothers, and first Provincial |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Höchstädt on the Danube |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1879 |
| Place of death | near Neuburg an der Donau |