William of Hirsau, from the cartulary of Reichenbach Priory
Abbot, Reformer
Born
1030 Bavaria
Hometown
Saint Emmeram's Abbey
Residence
Hirsau Abbey
Died
5 July 1091 Hirsau Abbey
Honored in
Catholic Church
Major shrine
Hirsau Abbey
Feast
4 or 5 July
Attributes
crosier and book
William of Hirsau (German: Wilhelm von Hirschau; c. 1030– 5 July 1091) was a Benedictine abbot and monastic reformer. He was abbot of Hirsau Abbey, for whom he created the Constitutiones Hirsaugienses, based on the uses of Cluny, and was the father of the Hirsau Reforms, which influenced many Benedictine monasteries in Germany. He supported the papacy in the Investiture Controversy. In the Roman Catholic Church, he is a Blessed, the second of three steps toward recognition as a saint.
WilliamofHirsau (German: Wilhelm von Hirschau; c. 1030 – 5 July 1091) was a Benedictine abbot and monastic reformer. He was abbot ofHirsau Abbey, for...
Hirsau Abbey, formerly known as Hirschau Abbey, was once one of the most important Benedictine abbeys of Germany. It is located in the Hirsau borough...
Hirsau (formerly Hirschau) is a district of the town of Calw in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, located in the south-west portion of the country...
variously attributed to Bede, WilliamofHirsau, Honorius of Autun, and Hugh of St Victor. Likewise, he wrote one edition of the related dialogue Dragmaticon...
William ofHirsau, German abbot (approximate date) January 10 – Thietmar, margrave of the Saxon Ostmark January 31 – William V (the Great), duke of Aquitaine...
June 29 – Frederick of Montbéliard, margrave of Turin July 5 – WilliamofHirsau, German abbot and music theorist August 8 – Altmann of Passau, German bishop...
of Cîteaux (d. 1109) Stephen Harding (d. 1134) Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) WilliamofHirsau (c. 1030 – 91) John Gualbert (995–1073) Stephen of Obazine...
count of Friesland (west of the Vlie) (b. 1052) June 29 – Frederick of Montbéliard, margrave of Turin July 5 – WilliamofHirsau, German abbot and music...
cluniacenses ("Uses of Cluny") was composed at the request ofWilliamofHirsau, in three books. The first two, written between 1079 and 1082, treat of liturgy and...
Walter of Pontoise, French abbot (approximate date) WilliamofHirsau, German abbot (approximate date) 1031 March 26 – Malcolm III (Canmore), king of Scotland...
Gissurarson, Icelandic bishop (b. 1006) 1091 – WilliamofHirsau, German abbot 1316 – Ferdinand, prince of Majorca (b. 1278) 1375 – Charles III, French...
was magister scholae (head of the monastic school), and numbered among his students the reforming abbot WilliamofHirsau (†1091). Otloh was among the...
public library membership required) Gushee, Lawrence (2001). "Wilhelm ofHirsau". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630...
A list of people, who died during the 11th century, who have received recognition as Blessed (through beatification) or Saint (through canonization) from...
Thiemo likewise, in 1081, went into exile, at first to Mönchsdeggingen and Hirsau Abbey in Swabia, later to Admont, Styria. In 1086 Thiemo was able to return...
In the 11th century, Abbot Williamof Hirschau or Hirsau (died 1091), in the old diocese of Spires, introduced two kinds of lay brethren into the monastery:...
transept. It mostly originates from the 12th century and shows the influence ofHirsau Abbey. The monumental chief portal is especially impressive; the north...
monastery's documents. Personalities mentioned in the Hirsau gift register include Conrad I of Württemberg. Stephan Molitor: Das Reichenbacher Schenkungsbuch...
and St. Märgen. Alpirsbach Abbey and the ruined Hirsau Abbey were built of red sandstone in the Hirsau style. Another idyllic rural edifice is Wittichen...
attacks made against such beliefs. Conrad of Hirsau, writing in the 11th century, forbids the reading of stories in which a person's reason is obscured...
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