Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Aristoxène (talk | contribs) at 08:17, 16 December 2024 (→Biography). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This article is in the process of being translated from another language Misplaced Pages. In order to reduce edit conflicts, please consider not editing it while translation is in progress.

Elisabeth von Spiegelberg (before 1265 – 22 February 1308, Zurich) was a Swiss abbess. She led the Fraumünster Abbey and, effectively, Zurich itself for 10 years, from 1298 until her death.

Biography

Originally from a family of barons in Thurgau, she is first mentioned in Zurich in 1265, when she is recorded as a nun at the Fraumünster Abbey. She became abbess in 1298, succeeding Elisabeth von Wetzikon.

She lost part of the abbey's privileges regarding authority over the city of Zurich, notably being required to have certain matters judged by three canons, of whom she could now appoint only one. During her tenure, a chapel collapsed.

She died on 22 February 1308 and was succeeded by Elisabeth von Matzingen.

References

1. ^ "Spiegelberg, Elisabeth von". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
2. ^ Müller, Annalena (2024). Monastic Women and Secular Economy in Later Medieval Europe, ca. 1200 to 1500. Oxford: Taylor & Francis. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-003-29990-5.
3. Faccani, Guido. "Guido Faccani, Querhauskirche, Grablege und Rotunde. Ein Zürcher Sakralbauensemble nach römischem Vorbild? in: Peter Niederhäuser / Dölf Wild (Hrsg.), Das Fraumünster in Zürich. Von der Königsabtei zur Stadtkirche, MAGZ 80, 2012, 84–103". Mitteilungen der Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich.