Werinher (died 6 July 1167) was abbot and librarian of the
Abbey of Saint Gall from 1133 to 1167. He is first documented in March 1134.
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Werinher was
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and became the abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall after 1 May 1133. After tumultuous decades with elections of counter-abbots, the election was held remarkably peacefully, as the chronicles emphasise.
Werinher directed his administration to the reform of monastic life. Some monks, who did not adhere to his standards of monastic discipline, were reported by him to the papal legate Cardinal
Theodwin in 1134. This rigid policy of reinstating discipline evoked resistance on the part of the monks, but the inter-monastic differences could soon be reconciled.
On 12 April 1139, Werinher received the confirmation of privileges and properties from
Pope Innocent II. In 1145, he renewed the existing fraternity with the Abbey of Reichenau. As constructor, he built the churches Saint Leonhard and Saint Egidius which
Pope Eugene III
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put under his protection on 13 February 1152. In 1162, Werinher was able to acquire
Ittingen Charterhouse from Duke Welf von Ravensburg. As the duke's protecting reeve, Count Udalrich von Gamertingen, died without heirs, the
''Vogtei'' came into the possession of Saint Gall. However, it was later sold by Abbot Werinher to Count Rudolf von Pfullendorf for 300 silver marks.
References
External links
Manegold von Mammernon the website of the Stiftsarchiv St. Gallen.
Manegold von Mammernin the Stadtlexikon Wil. Quoted after Duft, Johannes: ''Die Abtei St. Gallen''.
1167 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Abbots of Saint Gall
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