Uto from Kyburg
Uto von Kyburg also Utto (* Kyburg Castle ; † September 24, 1108 in St. Blasien ) was abbot in the monastery of St. Blasien in the southern Black Forest from 1086 to 1108 . He came from the noble family of Kyburg and is a blessed man .
Under Abbot Uto, the first fundamental new construction of the St. Blasien Monastery was started with a document dated September 11, 1094. At the same time, on the instructions of Pope Urban II and Bishop Ulrich I of Passau, he sent prior Hartmann to Göttweig to convert the local canon monastery into a Benedictine monastery. Around 1090 he also sent monks to the newly founded Ochsenhausen monastery . He endowed the Alpirsbach monastery with freedom.
literature
- Johann Wilhelm Braun (arrangement), document book of the St. Blasien monastery , part I., From the beginnings to the year 1299 ; Row A: Sources. Publications of the commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg , 2003, ISBN 3-17-017985-3
- Heinrich Heidegger, Hugo Ott (eds.), St. Blasien 200 years of the monastery and parish church. ISBN 3-7954-0445-2
- The millennial St. Blasien. 200 year cathedral anniversary. (Exhibition catalog 1983) 2 volumes. ISBN 3-7617-0221-3
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Wilhelm Braun (arrangement), document book of the St. Blasien Monastery , part I., p. 78
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| Gisibert |
Abbot of St. Blasien 1086–1108 |
Rustenus |
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| SURNAME | Uto from Kyburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Utto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot in the monastery of St. Blasien |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kyburg Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1108 |
| Place of death | St. Blasien |