Michael Eggenstorfer

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Michael Eggenstorfer also Michael von Eggenstorf (* around 1465 in Constance ; † January 27, 1552 in Schaffhausen ) was the last abbot of the All Saints Monastery .

Coming from a family in Constance, he entered the monastery in 1493 and then studied at the University of Freiburg . On September 3, 1501 he was elected abbot. He was a follower of the mystic Johannes Tauler . He received Luther's writings through the Benedictine Erasmus Schmid from Stein am Rhein , which were also intended for other readers in his circle of friends, such as Johann Mühling , known as Adelphi , city doctor from 1514 to 1523. He exchanged letters with Joachim Vadian, among others .

He collected books and made a good education for his novices. In 1519 he sent three monks (including Ludwig Oechsli and Matthäus Peyer) to the University of Krakow , where they studied with Agricola. The monk Heinrich Linggi moved into the University of Vienna in 1514.

In 1523 the theologian Sebastian Wagner , known as Hofmeister , had convinced the city council of Schaffhausen to put the new teaching under protection, among other things by participating in the disputations in Zurich. In August 1523 Abbot Eggenstorfer sent the custodian of All Saints Konrad Irmensee to the second disputation in Zurich. On May 10, 1524 he signed a contract with the city council in which he describes the personal reasons, especially the splendor of the prelature, which led to his abdication. The monastery was converted into a canon monastery, and he himself received the dignity of provost. The remaining 12 monks received pastoral posts at the cathedral. In 1529 the provost's office was also abolished.

In 1550 Heinrich von Jestetten stubbornly tried to regain the old abbot dignity, but this was refused by the council with reference to the still living (albeit aged) abbot. The further negotiations were delayed for years and came to nothing.

On December 12, 1529, he married Agnes Keller (died 1546), a former nun of the Töss monastery , who had given birth to two sons in 1527 and 1528. In 1534 he reached an agreement with the city about his pension. Endowed with benefices, he lived in seclusion in the former Allerheiligen monastery until his death.

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literature

  • Jakob Wipf : Michael Eggenstorfer, the last abbot of the Allerheiligen monastery and the beginnings of the Reformation in Schaffhausen. In: Zwingliana , 1922, No. 2 and 1923, No. 1 and 2.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Magdalen Bless-Grabher: Michael Eggenstorfer, article in HLS
personal data
SURNAME Eggenstorfer, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eggenstorf, Michael von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Last abbot of the monastery of All Saints (Schaffhausen)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1465
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1552
Place of death Schaffhausen