Mauritius Miller

Mauritius Müller , also Moritz Müller , born Kaspar Josef Müller (* February 12, 1677 ; † September 16, 1745 ) was a Swiss clergyman and, with interruptions, from 1707 to 1738 librarian of the St. Gallen monastery .

Life

Father Mauritius (or Moritz) came from Wil . In 1693 he is attested in the monastery of St. Gallen, where he made his profession on May 31, 1696 . In 1698 he became a subdeacon , in 1699 a deacon . He was ordained a priest on May 21, 1701, the primacy followed on June 12 of the same year. He was known for his erudition.

Act

On August 15, 1701, Father Mauritius was commissioned by Abbot Leodegar Bürgisser to continue the monastery chronicle. A year later he was given the task of editing a commemorative publication on the occasion of the anniversary of the Swiss Benedictine Congregation . He also worked as a teacher in the St. Gallen monastery. On April 7, 1707 the abbot appointed him abbot librarian. Further teaching activities followed both in St. Gallen and in Pfäfers . From 1711 he is again attested as a monastery librarian. In the context of the Toggenburg War , he made a contribution to saving the books. Ultimately, however, he too had to flee from St. Gallen and from then on worked as a theology professor in Rheinau and as a teacher in Bellinzona .

Back from exile, Mauritius was again in charge of the St. Gallen Abbey Library from 1719 to 1722 . He then took on pastoral tasks in various places ( Berg , Alt St. Johann , Peterzell ). Because of his rhetorical skills and the friendly way he was treated, he was highly valued as a pastor. In 1734 he returned to St. Gallen and appeared there again as a librarian. In addition, he performed other pastoral services, especially on festive occasions such as the translation of the catacomb saint Pankratius in Wil in 1738 . From 1739 he is attested in various official functions in Rorschach , Wil and St. Gallen. Father Mauritius wrote numerous printed and unprinted writings, mainly historiographical, theological and catechetical (sermons) content.

literature

• Gall Heer : Johannes Mabillon and the Swiss Benedictines. A contribution to the history of historical source research in the 17th and 18th centuries. St. Gallen 1938, pp. 307-312.
• Rudolf Henggeler : Profession book of the princely. Benedictine abbey of St. Gallus and Otmar in St. Gallen. Einsiedeln 1929, pp. 353–355, no. 439.
• Thomas Stockinger: Fidelis tametsi inutilis servus. P. Moritz Müller OSB (St. Gallen) in his historical-literary and political-diplomatic activities as reflected in his correspondence 1709–1714. In: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches. 118 (2007), pp. 339-432, here pp. 344 f.
• Franz Weidmann : History of the library of St. Gallen from its foundation around the year 830 up to 1841. Edited from the sources on the millennial jubilee. St. Gallen 1841, pp. 87, 150-153.

predecessor	Office	successor
Columban Bishop	Librarian from St. Gallen 1707–1709, 1711–1712, (1712–1719 in exile), 1719–1722 and 1734–1738	Innocenz Müller