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MANGOLD, ABBOT OF SS. ULRICH AND AFRA

 

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MANGOLD, ABBOT OF SS. ULRICH AND AFRA

The Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra 

Mangold, Manegold (Manigoldus), Abbot of Saints 
Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg, died around 1188 (cf. Pertz, Mon. hist. script. IV. 383). It cannot be determined with certainty whether the following beautiful praise (which happened to have been documented and handed down to us) is directed at him or his successor Henry [Henricus, Heinrich III, 1187/88 - 1190]: "From childhood, he loved religion, the usefulness, and the honour of this place in every possible way, and strove, exerting all his strength, to restore the house to its former and, if possible, even better condition."

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 75)

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

Coat of Arms of the Imperial Abbey
 of Saints Ulrich and Afra, Augsburg

THE ABBEY OF SAINTS ULRICH AND AFRA

The Benedictine monastery was preceded by an original foundation established at an uncertain date, but at least as early as the 10th century (and in its turn quite possibly a refoundation of a still earlier one from the 5th or 6th centuries), by the "Kollegiatstift Sankt Afra", a community of the priests charged with the care of St Afra's Church (now the Basilica of Saints Ulrich and Afra), where the relics of Saint Afra were venerated, and next door to which the community premises were built. 

Between 1006 and 1012, Bruno, Bishop of Augsburg, removed the canons to the cathedral chapter and gave the premises to Benedictine monks whom he brought from Tegernsee Abbey, thus turning it into a Benedictine monastery.

During World War II (in 1944), the buildings were largely destroyed. On the site the "Haus Sankt Ulrich" has stood since 1975, an academy and pastoral centre of the Diocese of Augsburg. The sarcophaguses of Saint Afra and Saint Ulrich are preserved in the crypt.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Saints_Ulrich_and_Afra



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