Nicholas Moir
Nikolaus Moir ( Nikolaus Mors ) (* around 1450 in Ediger-Eller ; † after 1518 in Linz am Rhein ) was a German Cistercian - monk and prior in Linz am Rhein.
Life
After studying at Heidelberg University in 1494, he went to the St. Katharinen monastery on the Linzer Höhe in 1500 as a monk of the Cistercian abbey of the Himmerod monastery . After being accepted into the monastery as the new prior, he met 4 priests there. From them he received the power to accept novices for the probationary year and to prepare for their profession .
In 1518 he enlarged the monastery property by buying a house worth 10 gold guilders . He then bought the Schweifeld farm on the pilgrimage route between the Oberpleis provost and St. Katharinen monastery for 75 gold florins . He was always careful to swap the scattered parcels for those near the monastery. In order to obtain the exemption of the tithe in the case of unjustified claims , he appealed several times to the courts, among other things. a. even when the opposing party was Heisterbach Monastery .
literature
- Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Moir (mors), Nikolaus , In: Personalitäten des Kreis Cochem-Zell, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 246.
Web links
- Entry on Nikolaus Moir in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
- Moir, Nikolaus In: deutsche.biographie , accessed on July 4, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moir, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | prior |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1450 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ediger-Eller |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1518 |
| Place of death | Linz |