Paulus (Münsterschwarzach)

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Paulus (* in the 15th century in Dettelbach ; † March 30, 1505 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach from 1503 to 1505 .

Münsterschwarzach before Paul

The interior of Münsterschwarzach Abbey was deeply divided throughout the entire 15th century. Several abbots were appointed by the lords of the monastery, the prince-bishops of Würzburg , because of the disagreement in the convent . In 1409, Kaspar von Schaumberg was even appointed by a decree of the Pope . The chiefs appointed in this way also mostly ran their farms in their own pockets and thus contributed to the monastery's debt.

Abbot Paul's predecessors began in the second half of the century to approach a large monastery group, the Bursfeld congregation . Here they were supported by the Würzburg prince-bishops. The official accession to the monastic union by Abbot Martin in 1480 soon followed. Now the visitors of the monastery union interfered in the internal affairs of the abbey and even made Paul's predecessor Michael resign. He had previously tried to get the debt under control by selling monastery goods on a massive scale.

Life

Paulus was born in the 15th century in Dettelbach, Lower Franconia. Nothing is known about his parents and siblings. His education or studies are also not noted in the sources. As a professed he appears for the first time in the Münsterschwarzach monastery books. Within the monastery he held the office of cellarar , in this function he also attended the general chapter of the Bursfeld congregation in Erfurt in 1501.

When Abbot Michael resigned in January 1503 under pressure from the Bursfeld visitors , the convent elected Paul, who was already sick, as the new monastery head. On this day, probably January 25, 1503, the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Lorenz von Bibra, was also present in the monastery in addition to the visitors . The new abbot received hereditary homage from the monastery village of Dimbach on February 18 of the same year , so he had probably already been given an appointment.

Just like his predecessors, Abbot Paulus was also committed to the Bursfeld Union. On April 4, 1503 he performed at the General Chapter of the Congregation at the St. James Church in Mainz allegiance to the ideals of the Monastery of Nations. This official act is the only one that has come down to us in Paul's short term in office. On March 30, 1505, Paul died of syphilis and was buried in the monastery church near the Marien Altar.

literature

  • Cassius Hallinger: The chronology of the Abbots of Münsterschwarzach a. M. (1390-1803) . In: Abtei Münsterschwarzach (Ed.): Abtei Münsterschwarzach. Works from their history . Münsterschwarzach 1938.
  • Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . Münsterschwarzach 2002.
  • Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1988.

Individual evidence

  1. Mahr, Johannes: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 22.
  2. Hallinger, Kassius: The chronology of the abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 95.
  3. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: The abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 151.
predecessor Office successor
Michael Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
1503–1505
Georg Wolfsbach