Egbert (c. 1000–1058) was abbot of
Fulda Abbey, a Benedictine abbey in Fulda, Germany.
Born around 1000, probably to a Hessian-Thuringian noble family, he was possibly educated in the Benedictine
Hersfeld Abbey, in
Hesse. Certainly from 1046 he was a monk there, and that year was appointed abbot of
Tegernsee Abbey, in
Bavaria; in 1047 he also became abbot of
:de:Kloster Ebersberg. When
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, was in Fulda, toward the end of 1047, then-abbot Rohing died, and Henry had the monks choose Egbert as their new abbot. He was confirmed as abbot by Henry in 1049, and later that year was granted a confirmation of the Fulda exemption, as a weapon in the ongoing struggle for power (and Fulda's independence) with the
Bishopric of Würzburg.
To strengthen the claims, he had a new ''vita'' written of
Saint Boniface
Boniface, OSB ( la, Bonifatius; 675 – 5 June 754) was an English Benedictines, Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the eighth century. He organised significant ...
, on whose orders Fulda Abbey had been built in 744, and engaged
Otloh of Sankt Emmeram Otloh of St Emmeram (also Othlo) (c. 1010 – c. 1072) was a Benedictine monk, composer, writer and music theorist of St Emmeram's in Regensburg.
Life
Otloh was born around 1010 in the bishopric of Freising. After studying at Tegernsee and Hersfe ...
to write it. In Regensburg, Otloh had managed to pick up a copy of the so-called Karlsruhe Codex of the Boniface correspondence, which Egbert had ordered and sent to
Pope Leo IX (Leo was interested in rewriting the saint's ''vita'' but died before he had the chance). The exemption for Fulda was again confirmed by Henry III in 1056.
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Abbot Egbert was known for having enlarged the possessions of Fulda,][
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References
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1000 births
1058 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Abbots of Fulda