Ursmar Engelmann

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Archabbot Ursmar Engelmann OSB

Ursmar Engelmann OSB (born August 15, 1909 in Jena as Johannes Maximilian Engelmann ; † July 18, 1986 in Sigmaringen ) was a German Benedictine and eighth Archabbot of the Beuron Archabbey .

Life

Johannes Engelmann came from a family of civil servants in Jena. He first studied Protestant theology and history in Jena, Vienna and Freiburg im Breisgau, where the world of monasticism opened up to him . After completing his studies with a doctorate as Dr. phil. He converted to the Roman Catholic Church in Beuron in 1935 and entered the novitiate of the Benedictine Archabbey of St. Martin there, received the religious name Ursmar and made his profession in 1936 . On February 18, 1940 he was ordained a priest in the Abbey Church of Beuron and was drafted into the Wehrmacht as a medical officer from 1941 to 1945. After his return from captivity, he studied again in Beuron and Rome. He completed his studies with a doctoral thesis in Rome and from 1946 taught the history of ecclesiastical art and church history at the Beuron Order College . From 1947 to 1970 he also took over the management of the monastery library and from 1952 also taught patrology . Subprior in 1955, he was prior under Archabbots Benedikt Reetz and Damasus Zähringer from 1957 to 1967 and prior administrator from 1967 until the convent elected him eighth Archabbot of Beuron in 1970. The Abtsbenediktion he received in Beuron on 21 March 1970th

In 1980 Ursmar Engelmann resigned from the office of Archabbot of the Beuron Archabbey at the age of 70. Until his death in 1986 he remained active in research and pastoral care in Beuron.

Engelmann has published over 70 books and numerous scientific articles. He was an extraordinary member of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy .

Fonts

  • Primary celebration of the Rev. Benedictine Father Dr. Ursmar Engelmann - Beuron Abbey in the St. Johannis parish church in Jena on April 21, 1940 , 1940
  • The Reichenau - certificates and pictures from art and life , Karl Zink Verlag 1955
  • Saint Pirmin and his little mission book , Thorbecke, Konstanz 1959
  • The Psychomachy of Prudentius. Latin-German. , Herder, Freiburg u. a. 1959
  • Christ on the cross. Romanesque crucifixes between Lake Constance and the Danube. , Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1966
  • Wurzel Jesse , Illumination of the early 13th century , Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1966
  • Reichenau illumination . Initials from a lectionary from the early 10th century , Herder, Freiburg 1971
  • Saint Pirmin and his little pastoral book , Sigmaringen 1976
  • The monthly pictures of Santa Maria del Castello in Mesocco , Herder, Freiburg a. a. 1977, ISBN 3-451-17324-7
  • Heiligkreuztal. Ways to understand monastery and church , Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1979, ISBN 3-87071-033-0
  • O joyful night. Reflections on the work of Jörg Zürn in the Überlinger Münster . Herder, Freiburg a. a. 1986, ISBN 3-451-20852-0

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predecessor Office successor
Damasus Zähringer Archabbot of Beuron
1970–1980 		Hieronymus Nitz

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chronicle of the Dead of the Beuron Archabbey, Dr. phil. Ursmar Johannes Engelmann OSB, Beuron Archabbey 1986.
  2. ↑ Legacy and Mission. Benedictine monthly volume 80, Archabbey Beuron 2004, p. 271.
personal data
SURNAME Engelmann, Ursmar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engelmann, Johannes (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chaplain, Archabbot of Beuron
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Jena
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1986
Place of death Sigmaringen