Nikolaus Göldlin von Tiefenau
Nikolaus Göldlin von Tiefenau SOCist (born January 12, 1625 in Lucerne , † February 15, 1686 in Wettingen ) was a Swiss Cistercian monk and abbot .
Nikolaus Göldlin comes from a Catholic patrician family . His father Johann Renward was an officer in the French service, his mother was Maria Margaretha Pfyffer von Altishofen . After visiting the Jesuit College in Lucerne Nicholas Göldlin was in 1649 for ordained priests , after which he spent three years studying law in Freiburg . Then he became a pastor in Dietikon near Zurich .
In 1664 he was elected 33rd abbot of the Tennenbach monastery in the Black Forest . He led the monastery as Nikolaus II until 1679. From 1676 he was also abbot of the Wettingen monastery in Aargau . There he began to clarify the legal and ownership relationships of the monastery . In the following year he became vicar general of the Upper German Cistercian Congregation .
See also
literature
- Arnold Adalrich: Nikolaus Göldlin von Tiefenau, Abbot of Tennenbach-Wettingen (1625–1686). Bregenz 1933.
- Felix Müller: Göldlin, Nikolaus (von Tiefenau). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Göldlin von Tiefenau, Nikolaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Göldlin, Nikolaus; Nicholas II; Göldlin, Walter (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Cistercian monk and abbot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1625 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1686 |
| Place of death | Wettingen |