Paul II Baumann

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Paulus II. Baumann (born September 4, 1644 in Würzburg , † April 1, 1725 in Ebrach ) was abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach from 1702 until his resignation in 1714 .

Life

Paulus II. Baumann was born on September 4, 1644 in Würzburg, Lower Franconia . The sources are silent about the parents of the future abbot, and any siblings of Paul are not mentioned either. Likewise, Baumann's school education is nowhere mentioned; the boy probably attended Latin school in his hometown before he began studying at the University of Würzburg .

When Baumann entered the monastery on August 20, 1663, he was once again tangible. On that day he made his perpetual vows and became a Cistercian monk. Seven years later, on November 9, 1670, the young Paul celebrated his first service. He then rose quickly within the monastery: he initially headed the monastery office in Sulzheim before he became a bailiff in Mönchherrnsdorf, which today belongs to Burgebrach . In the monastery itself he became a bursarius, later the office director.

After the resignation of his predecessor Candidus Pfister on 11 December 1702 monks Baumann chose the same day to the forty-fifth abbot of the monastery Ebrach. One of the first official acts was a trip to Upper Bavaria. Abbot Paulus II mediated here between Theobald I of Aldersbach Abbey and Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria. After Theobald's election, there had been disagreements between the two parties.

In Ebrach, Paul began to refurbish the monastery church. For this purpose he bought two large candelabra . At the same time he had some buildings renewed in the monastery villages. He rebuilt the monastery courtyards in Waldschwind, Weyer, Rödelsee and Würzburg. With increasing age Paul suffered from kidney stones and in 1714 asked Abbot General Stephan I Jung von Salem for his resignation. This was granted to him on August 26, 1714. As an emeritus abbot, Paul II continued to live in the monastery. He died on April 1, 1725.

coat of arms

The coat of arms at the Ebracher Hof in Rödelsee

The personal coat of arms of Abbot Paulus II. Baumann can be found at the Elgersheimer Klosterhof in what is now the local area of ​​Volkach. Another version was attached to the cloister courtyard in Rödelsee. Description : A standing man with a hat, a triangle in his right, raised hand and a triangle in his left. The coat of arms was dated with the letters F • P • A • E (ex. Frater Paulus Abbas Ebracensis, Latin Brother Paulus, Abbot of Ebrach) and the year 1712. The tinging of the coat of arms is unknown.

literature

  • Adelhard Kaspar: Chronicle of the Ebrach Abbey . Münsterschwarzach 1971.
  • Josef Wirth: The Ebrach Abbey. To commemorate eight hundred years. 1127-1927 . Gerolzhofen 1928.

Web links

Commons : Paulus II. Baumann  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wirth, Josef: The Ebrach Abbey . P. 51.
  2. ↑ Kaspar, Adelhard: Chronicle of the Ebrach Abbey . P. 171.
predecessor Office successor
Candidate Pfister Abbot of Ebrach
1702–1714 		Wilhelm I. Solner
personal data
SURNAME Baumann, Paulus II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Cistercian abbot
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1644
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1725
Place of death Ebrach