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unusual facts about Adalbero of Würzburg


Adalbero of Würzburg

He brought the monk Egbert from Gorze, who proved extremely effective firstly in bringing about the renewal of Münsterschwarzach Abbey and then, through the spread of the subsequent Münsterschwarzach Reforms, in exerting an influence far beyond it, from Harsefeld near Stade in the north to Melk and Lambach (a reformed Benedictine abbey founded by Adalbero himself in the castle of his family) in the south.


Münsterschwarzach Abbey

Münsterschwarzach became a centre of monastic reform during the 12th century, when Bishop Adalbero of Würzburg, who was in close contact with the reform movements of Cluny, Gorze and Hirsau, appointed Egbert of Gorze as abbot.

St. Stephen's Abbey, Würzburg

In 1057 Bishop Adalbero of Würzburg replaced the canons by thirty Benedictine monks from Ansbach.


see also

Lambach

The famous Abbey of Lambach was founded in 1056 by bishop Adalbero of Würzburg.