Ottobeuren Abbey - Monks of Ottobeuren

Monks of Ottobeuren

Noteworthy among monks of Ottobeuren are:

  • Nicolas Ellenbog, humanist, d. 1543
  • Jacob Molitor, the learned and saintly prior, d. 1675
  • Albert Krey, the hagiographer, d. 1713
  • Fr. Schmier, canonist, d. 1728
  • Augustine Bayrhamer, d. 1782 historian
  • Maurus Feyerabend, d. 1818, historian
  • Abbot Honoratus Goehl (1767–1802), a promoter of true church music, and founder of two schools
  • Ulric Schiegg, the mathematician and astronomer, d. 1810.

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