Thomas Eder (Benedictine)

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Thomas Eder OSB (* unknown; probably in Millstatt ; † May 3, 1606 in Sankt Paul im Lavanttal ) was an Austrian Benedictine who was abbot of St. Lambrecht's Abbey from 1591 to 1596 . Since Thomas Berner, an abbot with the religious name Thomas, was already in office around 50 years before , Eder has often been written as Thomas II since then .

Life

Thomas Eder is said to come from a noble Millstatt family, which means that he was also born in Millstatt. On June 10, 1591 he was elected abbot of the Upper Styrian Benedictine Abbey of St. Lambrecht. He succeeded Johann Trattner , who died in the same year after almost 30 years in office. After his election as abbot, it took almost a year before he was confirmed by Pope Clement VIII in May 1592 . In the same year he had invited Christoph Andreas von Spaur , then Bishop of Gurk , to the benediction, but never received his benediction due to various difficulties. Due to the difficulties mentioned, which were mainly due to the lack of staff and the burden of debt, Eder wore down and left him resigned after five years in office. After he had retired as abbot of St. Lambrecht, Eder moved to his confrere Vinzenz Lechner , the then abbot of St. Paul Abbey , in Sankt Paul im Lavanttal , where he also died on May 3, 1606.

Since the nine voters could not agree on a candidate after his resignation, their former confrere and at that time Abbot of Admont, Johann Hoffmann , took over the administration of St. Lambrecht. Since he carried out the administration more for his own benefit and disadvantaged the abbey, Hoffmann was replaced again in June 1597 by the Commendatar Abbot Christoph Kirmeser . Kirmeser remained in office for only one year before the capitulars found a worthy successor in Martin Alopitius, who is famous for his “erudition and good economy” .

literature

  • Pirmin Lindner : Monasticon metropolis Salzburgensis antiquae . Kösel-Verlag , 1908.
  • Benedikt Plank : History of the St. Lambrecht Abbey. Festschrift for the 900th anniversary of the death of the founder Markward v. Eppenstein, 1076-1976 . Kösel-Verlag , Sankt Lambrecht 1976.

Web links

  • Thomas Eder in the Biographia Benedictina (Benediktinerlexikon.de)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Benedictine abbots of St. Lambrecht .. In:  Grätzer newspaper. The attentive one. Steyermärkische intelligence papers. Steyermärkisches intelligence sheet. Steyermärkisches Official Journal / Stiria, a sheet of the useful and the beautiful / Gratzer Zeitung. Styrian Official Gazette , May 21, 1829, p. 6 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / gra, accessed on June 16, 2020
predecessor Office successor
Johann Trattner Abbot of St. Lambrecht Abbey
1591–1596 		Christoph Kirmeser ;
in between Johann Hoffmann (administrator from 1596–1597)
personal data
SURNAME Eder, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Benedictine and abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Millstatt
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1606
Place of death Sankt Paul im Lavanttal