Maurus Weingart
Maurus Weingart OSB (born July 4, 1851 in Lindach , † December 20, 1924 in Kelheim ) was a German Benedictine and abbot of the Weltenburg monastery .
Life
Son of a shopkeeper, studied and ordained priest in Regensburg November 8, 1874, solemn profession in the Metten Monastery March 21, 1879, studied philology in Munich 1876–1880, prefect in the monastery seminary 1880–83, passed the state examination in 1884, high school professor , prefect in the episcopal Seminar 1888–1889, in the monastery seminar 1891–1892 and deputy director 1892–1893, subprior 1893–1899, spiritual of lay brothers 1893–1898, prior in Weltenburg on January 8, 1903, district school inspector, parish vicar, royal clergy , from Prince Regent Ludwig to Abbot of Weltenburg appointed on August 8, 1913, abdicated in 1923. Founded the abbey's agricultural winter school in 1904 and in 1914 brought the book yard in Abensberg back to the monastery.
literature
- Wilhelm Fink : Book of professions Metten. Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, 1st supplement, Munich 1926, p. 85
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| SURNAME | Weingart, Maurus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of Weltenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindach |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1924 |
| Place of death | Kelheim |