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Fidelis von Stotzingen (1 May 1871 – 9 January 1947) was a German Benedictine monk from Beuron Archabbey, the second Abbot of Maria Laach Abbey, and the second Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation.
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Fidelis von Stotzingen (1 May 1871 – 9 January 1947) was a German Benedictine monk from Beuron Archabbey, the second Abbot of Maria Laach Abbey, and the second Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation.
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Wilhelm Freiherr von Stotzingen was born in Steisslingen, Baden, Germany, on 1 May 1871. His parents were Roderich Freiherr von Stotzingen and Karoline Gräfin von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen and he was one of seven children (four sons and three daughters) of an ancient Swabian noble house. He completed high school in Würzburg and at the age of nineteen he entered Beuron Archabbey and made his religious profession as a monk on 25 January 1892 receiving the name Fidelis. Initial studies at the Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo in Rome, Italy, led to his ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood on 27 September 1897. He would continue his studies at the same institution receiving in 1899 a Dr. Phil in Philosophy & Dr. Theo in Theology. He then returned to Beuron Archabbey where he would serve as the Master of Clerics and a Professor of Dogmatic Theology. On 31 October 1901, he would be elected as the second Abbot of Maria Laach Abbey where he would focus on sending monks to universities for systematic education. He aimed at fuller education for all his spiritual sons and fostered lively scholarly activity and interchange of ideas in his community. On 13 May 1913, Stotzingen would…
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See also Aus dem Leben des Abt-Primas Fidelis Freiherr von Stotzingen O.S.B by Gertrude von Stotzingen in Hegau: Zeitschrift für Geschichte, Volkskunde und Naturgeschichte des Gebietes zwischen Rhein, Donau und Bodensee 8 (1959) p. 232-237 Fidelis von Stotzingen: Abt von Maria Laach (1901–1913) und Abtprimas der Benediktinischen Konföderation by Stephan Haering in Laacher Lesebuch St. Ottilien (2006) p. 240–246 Fidelis von Stotzingen by G. Bartsch in Benediktinische Monatsschrift 23 (1947) p. 18-20 Fidelis von Stotzingen by B. Neunheuser in Liturgie u. Mönchtum 2 (1948) p 57–63