Ulrich von Sax (abbot)

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Ulrich von Sax (* before 1204 ; † September 23, 1220 ) was abbot of St. Gallen from 1204 until his death .

Life

Ulrich came from the family of Barons von Sax , who were wealthy in Eastern Switzerland, and he was the son of Albrecht von Sax . After studying in Paris and Bologna , he was elected Portarius in St. Gallen and on December 18, 1204 as abbot. Probably in 1207 Ulrich received the regalia from King Philip of Swabia . Ulrich supported his brother Heinrich in the fight against Hugo I von Montfort . The Bailiwick over the abbey, which Ulrich had pulled itself after the death of Philip, he gave his brother Henry, who had to give back but this, after Otto IV. Was established as king. In 1208 there was a dispute with the Bishop of Constance Werner von Staufen about Rheineck Castle , which ended with Ulrich's defeat on Breitfeld. The picture chapel on the battlefield at that time commemorates this bloodshed.

When the Staufer Friedrich II moved to Germany in 1212, Ulrich met him and accompanied him to Basel . In the years that followed he was often to be found in the vicinity of Friedrich. Ulrich headed a delegation from Friedrich to Pope Innocent III. who gave him the right to wear the miter . In 1217 Honorius III granted him . the right to miter and ring . Ulrich was appointed several times by the Pope as an arbitrator in church disputes. He expanded the rule of the abbey. Together with his brother Heinrich, he built the Clanx Castle . He also developed a brisk construction activity in St. Gallen. He set up maternity care in the city for poor women . Ulrich was preparing to move to Italy with Frederick II when he died of a fever in 1220.

literature

  • Magdalen Bless-Grabher: Ulrich von Sax. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz . February 21, 2011 .
  • Johannes Duft , Anton Gössi, Werner Vogler: The St. Gallen Abbey. Outline of the story, short biographies of the abbots, the Stift Sanktgallic official office . Verlag am Klosterhof, St. Gallen 1986, ISBN 3-906616-15-0 .
  • Anton Gössi: St. Gallen - Abbots: Ulrich von Sax, 1204-1220 . In: Helvetia Sacra, Dept. III: The orders with Benedictine rule. 2/1: Early monasteries, the Benedictines in Switzerland. Francke Verlag, Bern 1986, pp. 1296-1298.

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predecessor Office successor
Heinrich von Klingen Abbot of St. Gallen
1204–1220 		Rudolf von Güttingen
personal data
SURNAME Ulrich von Sax
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of St. Gallen
DATE OF BIRTH before 1204
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1220