Rupert Mittermüller

Rupert Mittermüller OSB (born June 7, 1814 in Mainburg as Anton Mittermüller ; † December 10, 1893 in Metten ) was a historian and Benedictine monk in the Bavarian Benedictine abbey of Metten .

biography

After graduating from high school in 1832 at what is now the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , Anton Mittermüller first studied at the Lyceum in Landshut and then at the University of Munich . During this time he was an alumnus of the Georgianum . In 1837 he was ordained a priest in Regensburg and initially worked as a secular priest before he entered the Benedictine monastery in Metten in 1840. At profession he was given the religious name Rupert.

In the following years Rupert Mittermüller worked first as a teacher at the grammar school in Metten (1841-1843; 1844/45) and at the Ludwigsgymnasium in Munich (1843/44). After a brief activity as administrator of the Andechs monastery estate (1846–1849), he taught history again at the Mettner grammar school. When he aroused the displeasure of the liberal government with his Guide to Bavarian History for Middle Schools, published in 1867 , he had to give up teaching in 1869.

In the following years he held the offices of novice master, librarian and prior in the monastery. He also worked in the monastery as a theology teacher for the next generation of the order.

Rupert Mittermüller was particularly interested in Bavarian state and church history. In this area he has contributed through numerous researches and publications. In addition, he devoted his research to questions of dogmatics and church legal history.

Works (selection)

• History of the sanctuaries in Andechs , Munich 1848.
• Reform of the Catholic Church, ie appendix to the text "Necessity for a comprehensive reform of the Catholic Church" , Munich 1849.
• The episcopal boys' seminars and their opponents (Metten program), 1849.
• Historical explanations of controversial acts and living conditions of Charlemagne (Metten program), 1849.
• The Age of St. Rupert , Straubing 1854 (2nd edition 1855).
• Metten Monastery and its Abbots , Straubing 1856 (on Google Books ).
• Life and work of Bishop Michael Wittmann , Landshut 1859.
• Signs for studying history for high school students (Metten program), 1860.
• Canon law of the regulars according to Bouix , Landshut 1861.
• Edifying features from the life of Bishop Michael Wittmann , Landshut 1863.
• Duke Arnulf of Bavaria (Metten program), 1863.
• St. Hosts and the Jews in Deggendorf , Landshut 1866.
• Duke Albert III. von Bayern (Metten program; 2 parts), 1867 and 1869.
• Guide to Bavarian History for Middle Schools , Landshut 1867.
• Old Bavarian history in life pictures , Landshut 1867 ( digitized version of the 1871 edition ).
• Echoes of the Vatican Decree on the Infallibility of the Papal Teaching Primacy , in: Der Katholik 1873, I, 50–68.
• S. Gregorii Magni dialogorum liber II de vita et miraculis S. Benedicti , Regensburg 1880.
• Expositio regulae from Hildemaro tradita et nunc primum typis mandata , Regensburg 1880.
• The doctrinal infallibility of the Pope and its expansion or narrowing , in: Studien und Mitteilungen 7/1 (1886) 79–87.

literature

• August Lindner: The writers and the members of the Benedictine order in what is now the Kingdom of Bavaria, who deserve science and art. From 1750 to the present. Vol. 2, Regensburg 1880.
• Michael Kaufmann, Memento Mori. In memory of the deceased conventuals of the Benedictine abbey of Metten since the rebuilding in 1830 (history of the development of the Benedictine abbey of Metten, vol. 5), Metten 2008, 150f.
• Jakob Lauchert:  Mittermüller, Rupert . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 421-423.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ missing in: Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976.