Squidward Aigler

Thaddäus Aigler OPraem (born July 14, 1755 in Günzburg , † January 17, 1822 in Roggenburg ) was the last abbot of the Roggenburg Monastery before secularization .

Life

Judas Thaddäus Aigler (frequent contemporary misspellings: Eigler) was born on July 14th, 1755 as the son of ordinary citizens in Günzburg, which at that time still belonged to Upper Austria , and was baptized with the name Josef Anton. After attending the Piarist high school in Günzburg, he began his studies with the Benedictines in Wiblingen and completed the philosophical courses at the University of Dillingen . Joined the Premonstratensian Abbey of Roggenburg in 1771, professed there on October 24, 1773 and continued studying philosophy and mathematics , the latter with the Petrine Joseph Bauer, pastor of Steinberg, whom Abbot Georg Lienhardt had employed as a mathematics teacher in the monastery. After studying theology and ecclesiastical and civil law, he was ordained a priest on September 19, 1778.

Soon after he was ordained a priest, he became a professor in various subjects. He retained the teaching post throughout his monastic career, including as abbot. He was still teaching theology when he was sent to the daughter monastery of St. Luzi near Chur as prior in 1787 . After returning from there, he resumed his teaching post and was elected abbot on August 6, 1789.

He set himself a permanent monument with the construction of the Church of St. Agatha in Ingstetten in 1790/91. The renovations and new constructions of the tub chapel by St. Antonius in Nordholz and the church of St. Georg in Christertshofen also fall during his term of office. His government was overshadowed by the influx of French emigrants, the turmoil of the coalition wars, high demands for contributions and the abolition of the monastery in 1802.

After secularization he lived in the monastery for another twenty years and worked primarily as a preacher and confessor. He died on January 17th, 1822. His funeral on January 21st in the monastery church is said to have been attended by 8,000, after another 10,000 people.

Works

• Principia philosophico-theologica. 1779. 71 pp.
• Systema juris universi canonici et civilis Germaniae accomodati. 1779. 63 pp.
• Speech at the beatification of the Blessed Brother Bernard von Offida from the Kaputziner order, held in the monastery church in Weissenhorn. Gunzburg. 1796.
• Funeral speech at the grave of Romanus, abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Wiblingen. Gunzburg 1798.
• Praise and funeral speech on Hn. Paul II of the Benedictine monastery Elchingen Abten. Ulm: Wagner 1801.
• Apology of spiritual brotherhoods, presented in a popular sermon and accompanied by notes, addenda and additions. Given to all friends and enemies of the same for consideration by a Catholic priest of the diocese of Augsburg. Augsburg, Doll. 1811.
• About the religious profession which the Catholic clergy have to discard when taking up their office. Illumination of an article with the above inscription, which is contained in the Ulm Annual for Theology and Canon Law of Catholics B. 4. Booklet 2. Solothurn: Schwäller 1817.

literature

• Alphons Maria Scheglmann : History of secularization in Bavaria on the right bank of the Rhine, Volume 3, J. Habbel, 1908, pp. 326–327
• Franz Tuscher: The Reichsstift Roggenburg in the 18th century (= Swabian historical sources and research 10). Konrad, 1976, 1992