Otto Jäger (Abbot)
Otto Jäger (* in German Matrei , today Matrei am Brenner ; † June 8, 1385 in Ebrach ) was abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach from 1349 to 1385 .
Life
Otto Jäger was born in the last third of the 13th or first third of the 14th century in Deutsch-Matrei in what is now Tyrol . The parents are not known, nor is the school education mentioned in the sources. Under Abbot Konrad, who officiated from 1299 to 1316, Otto Jäger entered the Stams monastery in Tyrol and quickly rose to the top. He studied theology and soon achieved degrees.
In Stams, however, his room for maneuver was limited. In 1349 he moved to the much larger Franconian monastery in Ebrach. In the same year the convent elected him abbot.
The more than thirty years of his abbatism are not well researched in the literature. Pope Urban VI. Otto Jäger granted, probably in the 1370s, the first of the Ebrach abbots to bear the pontificals . Otto Jäger died in Ebrach on June 8, 1385 and was buried in the monastery church near the sacristy . There is no trace of his grave.
literature
- Adelhard Kaspar: Chronicle of the Ebrach Abbey . Münsterschwarzach 1971.
- Josef Wirth: The Ebrach Abbey. To commemorate eight hundred years. 1127-1927 . Gerolzhofen 1928.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kaspar, Adelhard: Chronicle of the Ebrach Abbey . P. 84.
- ↑ Wirth, Josef: The Ebrach Abbey . P. 20.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Henry II |
Abbot of Ebrach 1349-1385 |
Peter I. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunter, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Venator, Ottonus (Latin); Otho |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cistercian abbot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Matrei am Brenner |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1385 |
| Place of death | Ebrach |