Peter Babenberg
Peter von Babenberg (* 1461 ; † May 9, 1545 in Hirschlatt , Germany ) was abbot of the regulated canons of Kreuzlingen from 1497 to 1545.
Peter Babenberg came from a noble family from Kempten in the Allgäu. He did a Magister Artium .
From 1497 to 1545 he was abbot of the regulated Augustinian canons of Kreuzlingen . In the Swabian War of 1499 he fought on the side of the Swiss Confederation . After the Kreuzlingen monastery was set on fire in 1499, he initiated with the help of King Maximilian I and Pope Alexander VI. the rebuilding of the monastery; The inauguration took place in 1506/1509.
In 1512 he was appointed papal executor (bailiff) . In 1524 he was a participant in the Nuremberg Reichstag (Nuremberg III) at the invitation of King Charles V.
On May 10, 1527, during the Reformation , he was involved in the heretic trial against Johann Hüglin . In 1529, Babenberg, an opponent of the Reformation, appointed a Reformed preacher in the Kreuzlingen monastery. He had to flee to the German Buchhorn and returned from exile in 1532.
literature
- Walter Hugelshofer : The Marian tablet of Abbot Peter Babenberg von Kreuzlingen , in: Thurgauische contributions 114, 1977, pp. 31-40
Web links
- Verena Baumer-Müller: Peter Babenberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Babenberg, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Babenberg, Peter von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the regulated canons of Kreuzlingen (1497–1545) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1461 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1545 |
| Place of death | Hirschlatt , Germany |