Martin von Leibitz
Martin von Leibitz OSB (* around 1400 in Ľubica ; † July 28, 1464 in Vienna ) was a Benedictine , abbot of the Vienna Schottenstift and a representative of the Melker reform .
Life
Martin, who came from a German-speaking family from the Spiš , first attended the Latin schools in Cracow and Neisse and then studied Artes at the University of Vienna from the winter semester of 1420 , where he obtained his master's degree in 1424 and gave his first lectures. He went on to study canon law , which he probably did not complete. On his way back from a pilgrimage to Rome, he entered the Sacro Speco monastery in Subiaco . This important reform monastery was visited by numerous Germans at that time. Martin left Subiaco again because the overly ascetic way of life did not appeal to him and returned to Vienna. Here he entered the Schottenstift before 1431 , where he was appointed prior in 1435 .
After the death of Abbot Johannes von Ochsenhausen, Martin himself was elected abbot of the Schottenstift in 1446 . As such, he promoted the scientific upswing of the Schottenstift through intensive exchange with the University of Vienna and Melk Abbey . For this purpose he also had the monastery library expanded. On the initiative of the papal legate Nikolaus von Kues, Martin, as a representative of the Melk Reform, visited the Benedictine monasteries of the Salzburg ecclesiastical province together with Abbot Laurenz Gruber von Klein-Mariazell and the Melk professor Johannes Schlitpacher from 1451 to 1452 . At the end of 1460 and beginning of 1461 Martin resigned as abbot for unknown reasons. He was active as a writer until his death in 1464.
Works
- Sermo de visitatione .
- Ceremonialia .
- Trialogus de militia christiana .
- Trialogus de gratitudine beneficiorum Dei .
- Senatorium .
- Quotlibetarium .
Martin's most famous work is his Senatorium , a fictional conversation between old man and young man, which arose between 1460 and 1464 and in which Martin reflects on his own life story. Since the 18th century it has been taken up again and again by research because of the description of the visitation trip of 1451/1452 it contains, but also because of its character as a personal testimony .
literature
- Albert Siegmund: Martin de Leibitz (ou de Vienne) . In: Dictionnaire de Spiritualité . Volume 10, Paris 1980, Col. 683 f.
- Isnard W. Frank , Franz Josef Worstbrock : Martin von Leibitz . In: Author's Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Volume 6, Berlin 1987, Col. 153-157.
- Matthias Laarmann: Martin. 15. M. v. Leibitz . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 6, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7608-8906-9 , Sp. 347.
- Placidus Heider: Martin v. Leibitz . In: Lexicon for Theology and Church (LThK). 3. Edition. Volume 6, Freiburg 1997, Col. 1424.
Web links
- Martin von Leibitz in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Last about Harald Tersch: Austrian testimonies of the late Middle Ages and the early modern period (1400-1650). A representation in individual contributions . Böhlau, Vienna – Cologne – Weimar 1998, pp. 52–65, ISBN 3-205-98851-5 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin von Leibitz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Vienna Schottenstift, representative of the Melker Reform |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1400 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ľubica |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1464 |
| Place of death | Vienna |