Ulrich Bürgi

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Ulrich Bürgi (born December 25, 1671 in Villingen ; † July 17, 1739 in St. Peter's Monastery in the Black Forest ) was a Benedictine and abbot .

St. Peter's Monastery Church

life and work

He made his profession on August 10, 1688 in St. Peter, on May 1, 1696 he celebrated his first Holy Mass . On May 23, 1719 he was elected abbot. At the same time he was prior of St. Ulrich in the Black Forest . Ulrich Bürgi was instrumental in building the new church and library by Peter Thumb . He bought books for the library, but did not live to see them finished. On July 21, 1739 he was buried by Abbot Peter of the St. Märgen Monastery in the crypt he had built at St. Peter.

Works

Only a few of his numerous writings are said to have survived.

  • Rete documentorum ad S. Petrum

literature

  • Julius Mayer, History of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter , 1893
  • Hans-Otto Mühleisen: Ulrich Bürgi's election as abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter in the Black Forest in 1719. Miszelle . In: Hans-Otto Mühleisen (ed.): Philipp Jakob Steyrer (1749–1795). From the world of a Black Forest Benedictine abbot between the Enlightenment and secularization . Catholic Academy, Freiburg im Breisgau 1996, ISBN 3-928698-10-9 , pp. 290-302

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sebastian Zinnal: Life and miracles of H. Udalrici . Freiburg im Breisgau 1756, pp. 184-185.
  2. ^ Julius Mayer, History of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter , p. 142 1893
predecessor Office successor
Maurus Höß (1699–1719) Abbot of St. Peter
1719–1749 		Benedikt Wülberz
personal data
SURNAME Bürgi, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine and abbot
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1671 or December 25, 1671
PLACE OF BIRTH Villingen
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1739
Place of death St. Peter's Monastery in the Black Forest