Werner von Ellerbach

Werner von Ellerbach (* between 1050 and 1100; † 1126 in Wiblingen ), also known as Werner von Wiblingen , was a Benedictine in the monastery of St. Blasien in the Black Forest and first abbot in the monastery of Wiblingen near Ulm .

In 1093 Werner was sent by Abbot Otto von St. Blasien as head of a group of monks to Wiblingen to set up a filiation. This foundation was preceded by the request of the two Counts Hartmann and Otto von Kirchberg to found a monastery on their property. In 1099 the new Benedictine monastery in Wiblingen was consecrated and Werner was appointed first abbot. Little is known about his life. He probably died on June 4, 1126 and was buried in the first abbey church of Wiblingen in front of the cross altar. In 1782 his bones were raised and walled in a crossing pillar of the current baroque abbey church and a plaque was attached.

Werner von Ellerbach was beatified and is the patron saint of the sick. His feast day is June 4th. Until 1629, which fell during the Thirty Years' War , blessed breads, the so-called Werner breads, were distributed annually on this day.

literature

Michael Braig: Wiblingen. Brief history of the former Lower Austrian Benedictine Abbey in Swabia . Isny 1834 (new edition: Konrad, Weißenhorn 2001 ISBN 3-87437-456-4 ), pp. 15–29 - work of a former Wiblingen conventual
Ekkart Sauser : Werner von Ellerbach. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 1463-1464. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

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SURNAME	Werner von Ellerbach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Werner von Wiblingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Benedictine, first abbot of the Wiblingen monastery
DATE OF BIRTH	between 1050 and 1100
DATE OF DEATH	on June 4, 1126
Place of death	Wiblingen