Egbert (c. 1000–1058) was abbot of
Fulda Abbey
The Abbey of Fulda (German ''Kloster Fulda'', Latin ''Abbatia Fuldensis''), from 1221 the Princely Abbey of Fulda (''Fürstabtei Fulda'') and from 1752 the Prince-Bishopric of Fulda (''Fürstbistum Fulda''), was a Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastic ...
, 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
Hersfeld Abbey was an important Benedictine imperial abbey in the town of Bad Hersfeld in Hesse (formerly in Hesse-Nassau), Germany, at the confluence of the rivers Geisa, Haune and Fulda. The ruins are now a medieval festival venue.
History
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, in
Hesse
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. Certainly from 1046 he was a monk there, and that year was appointed abbot of
Tegernsee Abbey
Tegernsee Abbey (German Kloster Tegernsee, ''Abtei Tegernsee'') is a former Benedictine monastery in the town and district of Tegernsee in Bavaria. Both the abbey and the town that grew up around it, are named after the Tegernsee, the lake on th ...
, in
Bavaria
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; in 1047 he also became abbot of
:de:Kloster Ebersberg. When
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry III (28 October 1016 – 5 October 1056), called the Black or the Pious, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 until his death in 1056. A member of the Salian dynasty, he was the eldest son of Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia.
Henry was raised ...
, 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
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
.
To strengthen the claims, he had a new ''vita'' written of
Saint Boniface, on whose orders Fulda Abbey had been built in 744, and engaged
Otloh of Sankt Emmeram 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
Pope Leo IX (21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historically ...
(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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on the nearby Frauenberg, just north of Fulda, into a Benedictine abbey
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
, ca. 1050. He died 17 November 1058.[
]
References
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1000 births
1058 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Abbots of Fulda