Petto
Petto , also Betto or Belto (* 8th century ; † 820 ), was a Benedictine , second abbot of the Schäftlarn monastery and bishop of Langres .
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origin
Petto came from the high Bavarian aristocratic family of the Hahilinga , who were closely related to the Carolingians due to their kinship with the Waltrichs and were particularly wealthy in the Oberhaching and Unterhaching area .
Schäftlarn Monastery and Bishop of Langres
After the death of his relative, the founder of the monastery, Waltrich , in 790, Petto took over his position as abbot of the Schäftlarn monastery. In order to improve the economic situation of the monastery and to secure it in the long term, Abbot Petto donated land to the abbey on August 8, 806 from his paternal inheritance ( res proprietatis meae in villa, quae dicitur Hachinga, quidquid de genitore meo ad me pervenit ) as well Servants and maidservants ( Manzipien ) to a considerable extent. It was the center of the property of the Petto clan, a closed area around Oberhaching as the center of the settlement on the Hachinger Bach , about 5 kilometers to the right of the Isar .
As in Schäftlarn, Petto also succeeded Waltrich in Langres as bishop of the local diocese in 790 . Presumably, in addition to his episcopal status, he also directed the fortunes of the Saint-Etienne monastery in Dijon. According to contemporary sources, Petto's episcopate in Langres was not fortunate. The chronicler of the abbey in Bèze , an own monastery of the Bishop of Langres, reports that the monastic way of life, the ordo monasticus , almost disappeared in the time of Emperor Louis the Pious under the government of Bishop Petto and only returned to monastic life under his successor Alberich Abbey had moved in. However, it can be assumed that the conditions in Bèze corresponded to those of the episcopal monasteries in the entire Carolingian Empire at the time of Louis the Pious. Due to the loss of the free election of abbots and the impoverishment of the monks, the monasteries in many places had sunk to canonical foundations - a development that was only ended with the introduction of the Benedictine rule as the only binding monastery rule in the Franconian Empire after the synods of Aachen .
Petto died in 820. With Alberich , he was followed by another member of the Hahilinga family and a relative in the office of the Bishop of Langres.
literature
- Romuald Bauerreiß : Old Bavarian Hachilingen as bishops of Langres in Burgundy. A contribution to the early history of Schäftlarn. In: Bavarian Benedictine Academy (ed.): Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches . Volume 75, 1964, pp. 254-261.
- Wilhelm Störmer : Schäftlarn, Murrhardt and the Waltriche of the 8th and 9th centuries. In: Journal for Bavarian State History. No. 28, 1965.
Individual evidence
- ^ Claude Fyot: Histoire de l'Eglise abbatiale et collegiale de Saint Etienne de Dijon. Jean Ressayre, Dijon, 1666
- ↑ Online
- ↑ http://francia.ahlfeldt.se/page/sources/15
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Waltrich |
Abbot of Schäftlarn 790–820 |
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| Waltrich |
Bishop of Langres 790–820 |
Alberich |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Betto; Belto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Benedictine, second abbot of the Schäftlarn monastery and bishop of Langres |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 820 |