Werinhar

This article is about the counter-abbot in the 1080s. For the abbot (died 1167), see Werinher.

Werinhar was counter-abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1083 to 1086. Nothing is known about his life before and after his work in Saint Gall. He is documented neither in the obituary of Saint Gall nor in that of Reichenau.^[1]

Works

In the course of the Investiture Controversy, Counter-king Hermann of Salm replaced Lutold, who had been appointed as counter-abbot of Saint Gall by Hermann's predecessor Rudolf of Rheinfelden, with Werinhar, a monk from Reichenau. Subsequently, Ekkehart, the Abbot of Reichenau tried repeatedly to establish Werinhar in Saint Gall. However, Werinhar actually only presided over the abbey for a short time, probably around the year 1086, when Abbot Ulrich of Eppenstein, who had been appointed by King Henry IV, assumed the Patriarchate of Aquileia. Apparently, he was so heavily pressured by Ulrich's followers in Saint Gall that he voluntarily abdicated that same year.^[1]

Notes and references

1. Vogler, Werner (1986). "Kurzbiographien der Äbte". In Duft, Johannes; Gössi, Anton; Vogler, Werner (eds.). Die Abtei St. Gallen. St. Gallen. pp. 122–123. ISBN 3-906616-15-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

• Werinhar on the website of the Stiftsarchiv St. Gallen.
• Werinhar in the Stadtlexikon Wil. Quoted after Duft, Johannes: Die Abtei St. Gallen.