Marquard (Wilten)

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Abbot Marquard, oil painting around 1600

Marquard (* around 1100 in Pruntrut ; † May 6, 1142 in Wilten ) was the first abbot of Wilten Abbey in Tyrol . He is  venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church . His feast day is May 6th.

Life

The Marquard, who came from Pruntrut in Switzerland, was a Premonstratensian in the Rot an der Rot monastery and a student of St. Norbert . According to tradition, he was sent by him to Wilten around the year 1128 in order to take over an existing collegiate foundation for the Premonstratensian order at the request of Bishop Reginbert von Brixen . In 1138 Pope Innocent II confirmed the new settlement and Marquard as the first abbot. The focus of Marquard's work was pastoral care and new evangelization . He died on May 6, 1142 "in the name of a blessed". His grave in the Wilten collegiate church was widely visited and venerated by the people, at the intercession of the deceased and by touching his bones, the sick are said to have been healed. His bones were raised during renovation work in 1639 and initially buried in the Holy Cross Chapel. Since the new collegiate church was built in 1651–1665, they have been in a shrine behind the high altar.

literature

  • Marquardus . In: Complete Lexicon of Saints , Volume 4, Augsburg 1875, p. 258 ( online )
  • Ekkart Sauser :  Marquard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 1240. ( online )
  • Blessed Marquard von Bruntrut, first abbot of Wilten. In: Heiliger Tyroler-Ehrenglanz, or life stories of holy, blessed, godly, pious and distinguished Tyroleans. Collected and reworked for edification and instruction for everyone. I. Heft, Innsbruck 1843, pp. 288–291 ( digitized in the Google book search)
  • Klemens Halder: Abbot gallery and convent of Wilten Abbey. In: Wilten Monastery (ed.): 850 years of the Prämonstrastenser Canon Monastery of Wilten. Book publisher Tiroler Tageszeitung, Innsbruck 1988, ISBN 3-85301-001-6 , p. 381
  • Herlinde Menardi: The places of grace in the Wilten parishes. In: 850 years of the Prämonstrastenser Canons' Monastery in Wilten. Pp. 337-354
personal data
SURNAME Marquard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of Wilten Abbey in Tyrol
DATE OF BIRTH around 1100
PLACE OF BIRTH Pruntrut
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1142
Place of death Wilten