William of Hirsau
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William of Hirsau 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 t
William of Hirsau, from the cartulary of Reichenbach Priory
Ruins of Hirsau Abbey
Blaubeuren Abbey
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Blaubeuren Abbey was a Benedictine monastery until the Reformation, located in Blaubeuren, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is now a Protestant seminary.
William of Hirsau
…as many as 200, both newly founded and long established, embraced the Hirsau Reforms. New abbeys, settled by monks from Hirsau, included Zwiefalten, Blaubeuren, St. Peter im Schwarzwald and St. Georgen im Schwarzwald in Swabia, and Reinhardsbrunn in Thuringia. Already existing monasteries which accepted the…
Kloster Blaubeuren
Abbey church, with roof tiles showing the year 1671
Reredos of the high altar (central detail), by Michel Erhart