Martin
Benedictine Abbot of the Schottenkloster of Vienna, b. about 1400; d. 28 July, 1464 (29 July 1470) Born of wealthy farmers at Leibitz, County of Zips in Hungary [now Lubica in Slovakia –Ed.], he made his studies at Krakow and Vienna, and in the latter place taught for some time in the faculty of the arts. Accompanying his mother on a pilgrimage to Italy, he visited the ancient monastery of Subiaco and took the habit of St. Benedict about 1425. But he found the climate and discipline too severe for his delicate health, and was transferred to the Schlottenkloster at Vienna. In 1428 he was sent to the council of Basle, and on his return was made prior. After the death of John IV, he was elected abbot on 19 Oct., 1446. He now labored hard and incessantly for the welfare, spiritual and temporal, of the abbey and of the order. To advance the education of his subjects, he secured a library not equaled by many in his days. Cardinal Legate Nicholas of Cusa in 1451 appointed him, with some others, visitors of the Benedictine abbeys of the diocese of Salzburg, with powers to introduce necessary or useful reforms. By authority of Nicholas V, he examined the election of the abbot of Melk and, finding no canonical defect, confirmed the same. He also stood high in the estimation of Pius II and Emperor Frederick IV. Though paying heavy taxes towards a fund against the Turks, Martin placed his abbey on a solid financial basis. For unknown reasons he resigned the abbatial dignity at the close of 1460 or the beginning of 1461 (some say 1455). Only one work of Martin’s has appeared in print, called “Senatorium” which gives account of himself, his visitation trip and other matters of interest in Austrian history–complete edition in Pez, “Rerum Austr. Script.”, II, 626. In Munich and Vienna there are some smaller copies of works in manuscript.
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BRAUNMULLER in Kirchlenlez., s.v.; BRUNNER Benedictinebuch (Wurzburg),390; HAUSWIRTH, Abriss einer Gesch. Der Schlotten(Vienna 27; HURTER, Nomencl., II (1906), 945.
FRANCIS MERSHMAN Transcribed by C.A. Montgomery
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IXCopyright © 1910 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, CensorImprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York
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Martin
(better known as abbot Chaffrey), a Roman Catholic French writer, was born at Abries in 1813. In 1839 he received holy orders, and was appointed professor at the seminary in Embrun. He was honorary canon of different chapters, and died at Paris in 1872. He published, Le Panorama des Predications (1851-55, 3 volumes: 8th ed. 1864): La Bibliotheque des Predicateurs (1867-68, 4 volumes): Theologie Morale en Tableaux (1857): Repertoire de la Doctrine Chretienne (1857; 2d ed. 1859-63, 3 volumes): Portraits Litteraires des Plus Celebres Predicateurs Contemporains (1858): Mois de Alarie des Predicateurs (eod. 2 volumes): Sermons Nouveaux sur les Mysteres de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ (1860, 2 volumes): Vies des Saints a l’Usage des Predicateurs (1861-68, 4 volumes). See Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B.P.)