Wolfram (Münsterschwarzach)

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Wolfram († October 1, 1126 or 1137 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach from 1125 or 1126 until his death in 1126 or 1137 .

Münsterschwarzach before Wolfram

The centuries before Abbot Wolfram took office in Münsterschwarzach were marked by monastic renewals. Above all, the reforms of Gorze , which were supposed to raise monastic discipline, were pushed by the lords of the monastery, the Würzburg prince-bishops . Important abbots in the context of these reforms were Alapold and the later canonized Egbert von Münsterschwarzach , who came directly from the monastery in Gorze.

Reforms were consolidated under Wolfram's direct predecessors, and manuscripts were a popular means of achieving this. Many abbots therefore had the monastery library expanded. Under Abbot Rupert , the abbey took a position on the side of the Pope in the investiture dispute ; the Würzburg bishop Rugger was therefore consecrated in the buildings. Wolfram's immediate predecessor, Poppo, died before he could be confirmed as abbot.

Life

Nothing is known about the origins and family of the abbot Wolfram, possibly the abbot had personal connections to the monastery of Sankt Emmeram in Regensburg. He was elected abbot of Münsterschwarzach in late June or early July in 1125 or 1126. According to the Münsterschwarzach monastery chronicle , Wolfram died in the same year, and the plague is also given as the cause of death . Heinrich Wagner, however, doubts this early point of death. He assumes an error in the calculation.

If one therefore assumes that Wolfram reigned for more than just a year, the abbot can be described as the last prelate who represented the ideas of the Gorzer reform in Münsterschwarzach. During his tenure, Hirsau Monastery rose to become the new center for monastery reforms. The Main Abbey also wanted to participate and asked about monks from the reform monastery. The abbey sent Dietrich to the Main. Assuming a longer term of office for Wolfram, he died on October 1, 1137, probably of the plague that he had taken while caring for his sick confreres.

literature

  • Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . Münsterschwarzach 2002.
  • Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach. A comparative overview . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1988.
  • Gabriel Vogt: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey . Volkach 1980.
  • Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1988.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ While Heinrich Wagner (p. 118) mentions these years of death, other representations are based on the year 1136. Compare: Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 154 f.
  2. ↑ Corresponding to the death of his predecessor Abbot Poppo.
  3. ^ Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 17.
  4. ^ Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 119.
  5. ↑ Gabriel Vogt: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach abbey . P. 19.
predecessor Office successor
Poppo Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
1125 / 1126–1126 / 1137 		Dietrich I.
personal data
SURNAME tungsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1126 or October 1, 1137