Wolfgang Marius

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Wolfgang Marius SOCist (born October 18, 1469 in Oberdorfbach near Passau as Lucas Marius ; † October 11, 1544 in Aldersbach ) was abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Aldersbach , Lower Bavaria and a humanist .

Life

The 33rd abbot of the Aldersbach monastery, Wolfgang Marius, was born in 1469 as the son of a cobbler. At baptism he was given the name Luke. His family name was originally Mayer (Mayr or Mair). In 1490 he entered the Aldersbach Abbey as a novice . He was sent to Heidelberg to study (1493–1497). On October 22nd, 1497 he was ordained a priest in Passau. First he worked in Aldersbach as parish vicar and as private secretary and house chaplain of his abbot Simon. He then came to Kößlarn as a preacher and in 1504 to Rotthalmünster as parish vicar. On June 2, 1514, Wolfgang Marius was elected abbot of the indebted monastery. Within three years he was able to pay off the debt and repair the neglected buildings. He rebuilt the hospital, dormitory , mill and stables.

His term of office was a time of crisis in the history of Christian monasticism , because many monasteries were closed , abandoned or destroyed by the work of Martin Luther . Marius was considered an exemplary abbot, in discipline and education he was impeccable. One sees in him a lower Bavarian monastery humanist who had contacts with Johannes Turmayr, known as Aventinus , among others . He tried to get his monastery and the other Bavarian Cistercian monasteries through the turmoil of the Reformation.

In the difficult time of the Reformation he was able to renew his monastery spiritually. But greater is his importance as a poet and writer. Partly in Latin and in verse, he writes about the Landshut War of Succession and an extensive history of the monastery. It revises and supplements the Passau episcopal chronicle. Also an explanation of the Rule of St. Benedict comes from his pen.

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personal data
SURNAME Marius, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abbot Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cistercian, Dept.
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1469
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberdorfbach
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1544
Place of death Aldersbach