Maurus Rost
Maurus Rost OSB (* 1633 in Münster , † 1706 in Iburg ) was a German Benedictine , abbot of the Iburg monastery and historian.
Life
Rost attended high school in his hometown and studied at the University of Dillingen . Then he was pastor in Glane , now part of Bad Iburg . In 1666 he became the 41st abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Clemens in Iburg, founded by Benno II of Osnabrück . In 1672 he became secretarius of the Bursfeld congregation . The Benedictine monasteries of Oesede , Gertrudenberg , Malgarten and Herzebrock were subordinate to him . He succeeded in increasing the fortune of the Iburger Abbey, which had suffered badly from the effects of the Thirty Years War . After Ernst August I became a Protestant prince-bishop in the Osnabrück bishopric , Rost was forced to defend himself against the sovereign's exemptions .
plant
Rost's main works are the Annales monasterii S. Clementis in Iburg , the Iburger Kloster annalen with the history of the monastery up to 1700. With Catalogus abbatum monasterii S. Clementis in Iburg he wrote a historical work about the abbots of the monastery. Osnabrugum sacrum et profanum deals with the history of the Osnabrück Monastery . He also wrote poetry in Latin.
literature
- K. Stüve .: Rost, Maurus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 524 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Maurus Rost in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rust, Maurus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Benedictine abbot and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1633 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1706 |
| Place of death | Bad Iburg |