Robert Beigl
Robert Beigl OCist (born August 6, 1954 in Mödling ; † September 7, 1996 in Rein Abbey ) was an Austrian religious priest and the 55th abbot of the Rein Cistercian Abbey .
Life
Robert Beigl, baptized Edwin, grew up in Heiligenkreuz (Lower Austria) , graduated from Hollabrunn in 1972 and entered the novitiate of Heiligenkreuz Abbey in the same year . He moved to the Rein Abbey, where he made solemn profession on August 15, 1976 . After his first years of study at the Heiligenkreuz University of Applied Sciences , he moved to the University of Graz, where he did a thesis on liturgical science for Mag. Theol. was sponsored. He was ordained a priest on October 1, 1978.
He was the cantor of the monastery and taught religion at the school. Since 1981 he worked as a pastor in the incorporated monastery parishes of Thal , Rein , Gratwein , St. Bartholomä and Stübing . From 1986 to 1991 he was subprior and novice master . In 1994, after a turbulent period in Pure History, he was elected abbot; that post had been vacant for eight years. He died suddenly during a mass, standing at the altar of the collegiate basilica, on September 7, 1996.
Publications
- Development of the Office of the Cistercians after Vatican II , 1978 (diploma thesis, Institute for Liturgical Studies, Christian Art and Hymnology of the University of Graz).
- Liturgy and music of the pen . In: Stift Rein 1129–1979: 850 years of culture and belief. Rein (1979) 418-427.
- About the strange time in the year when salvation can be felt very closely . Reiner Kreis (Ed.): Christmas. Rein, 1994, p. 5ff.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Paulus Rappold |
Abbot of the Rein Monastery 1994–1996 |
Petrus Steigenberger |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beigl, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beigl, Edwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Catholic priest, Abbot of Rein |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mödling |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1996 |
| Place of death | Rein pen |