Albert Schmidt OSB (born 1948, Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German Benedictine monk and presiding abbot of the Beuronese Congregation, an association of eighteen mostly German or German-speaking Benedictine monasteries and convents, headed by Beuron Abbey in the upper Danube Valley. This makes him the Congregation's highest ranking dignitary and a High Superior in church law terms.
The son of a Benedictine oblate, he took his vows as a Benedictine monk in Beuron in 1967. He studied theology and philosophy and gained a theology doctorate in Rome before moving to Beuron Abbey. In 1973 he was ordained a priest and in 1992 he became student secretary at the Kolleg St. Benedikt in Salzburg. From 1997 to 2005 he was rector of the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome. Since 2006 he has been editor of the Benedictine journal.
On 16 April 2008 he was made presiding abbot of the Beuronese Congregation by its 24th General Chapter, [1] succeeding Anno Schoenen (Maria Laach Abbey). He was installed in this post by bishop Robert Zollitschon 19 April 2008 in the abbey church. His motto is Habitare in Unum ("to live as one", quoting Psalm 133). From 16 November 2009 to its dissolution in 2010 he was also administrator of Weingarten Abbey. [2]
Willibrord Benzler OSB was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz from 1901 to 1919.
Beuron Archabbey is a major house of the Benedictine Order located at Beuron in the upper Danube valley in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
The Beuronese Congregation, or Beuron Congregation, is a union of mostly German or German-speaking monasteries of both monks and nuns within the Benedictine Confederation. The congregation stands under the patronage of Martin of Tours, who is the patron saint of the Archabbey of Beuron.
Neresheim Abbey or the Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra, Neresheim is located above the town of Neresheim in Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany. It is now a Benedictine monastery and is part of the Beuronese Congregation.
Tholey Abbey in Tholey, in the district of Sankt Wendel in Saarland, is a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Maurice. It is part of the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation.
Weingarten Abbey or St. Martin's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery on the Martinsberg in Weingarten near Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg (Germany).
Gerard van Caloen (1853–1932) was a Belgian Benedictine liturgist, missionary, monastic founder, abbot, and bishop. He was rector of the abbey school at Maredsous, where in 1882 he published the Missel des Fidèles, the first French-Latin missal. He also introduced British-style association football to the school. In 1886, he was professor of liturgy at the College of Sant'Anselmo in Rome.
Notker Wolf was a German Benedictine monk, priest, abbot, musician, and author. He was a member of St. Ottilien Archabbey located in Bavaria, Germany, which is part of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien. He served as the ninth Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict from 2000 to 2016. He was known as the "rock abbot", for playing flute and sometimes e-guitar with the rock band Feedback in concerts and recordings.
The Beuron art school was founded by a confederation of Benedictine monks in Germany in the late 19th century.
Johannes Sixtus Gerhardus (Jan) Verkade, afterwards Willibrord Verkade O.S.B., was a Dutch Post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter. A disciple of Paul Gauguin and friend of Paul Sérusier, he belonged to the circle of artists known as 'Les Nabis.' Of a Dutch anabaptist background, his artistic and spiritual journey led him to convert to Roman Catholicism, and to take Holy Orders as a Benedictine monk, taking the religious name Willibrord. He entered the Archabbey of Beuron and continued his work in a religious context, working closely with Desiderius Lenz, leader of the Beuron Art School. He worked throughout Europe and had an important influence on the continuing development of the new Benedictine Art.
Keizersberg Abbey, also known as Mont César Abbey is a Benedictine monastery on the hill Keizersberg or Mont César in the north of the university town of Leuven, Belgium.
Andreas Amrhein was a Swiss Benedictine monk who founded the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien and the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing to combine the Benedictine way of life with activity in the mission field.
Peter Lenz (1832–1928), afterwards Desiderius Lenz, was a German artist who became a Benedictine monk. Together with Gabriel Wüger, he founded the Beuron Art School.
Maurus Wolter was the first abbot of the Benedictine Beuron Archabbey, which he founded with his brother Placidus in 1863.
Barbara Stühlmeyer OblOSB is a German theologian, musicologist, author, especially a Hildegard scholar and a science journalism.
Clementia Killewald OSB was a German Benedictine nun at Eibingen Abbey. She served first as an organist, then took care of the elderly and sick, and finally from 2000 she served as abbess. She introduced the life and work of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, the founder of the abbeys of Rupertsberg and Eibingen, during the 2012 ceremony when Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed Hildegard a Doctor of the Church.
Anno Schoenen OSB was a German Benedictine. He was abbot of Maria Laach Abbey (1990–2002) and presiding abbot of the Beuronese Congregation (1995–2008).
The Evangelium longum is an illuminated manuscript Latin evangeliary that was made around 894 at the Abbey of Saint Gall in Switzerland. It consists of texts drawn from the Gospels for the use of the preacher during Mass.
Hildebrand de Hemptinne was a Belgium Benedictine monk of Beuron Archabbey, the second Abbot of Maredsous Abbey, and the first Abbot Primate of the Order of St. Benedict and the Benedictine Confederation.
Fidelis von Stotzingen was a German Benedictine monk of Beuron Archabbey, the second Abbot of Maria Laach Abbey, and the second Abbot Primate of the Order of St. Benedict and the Benedictine Confederation.