Anscar Vonier

Ansgar Vonier, engl. Anscar Vonier, O.S.B. (11 November 1875 in Ringschnait, Oberschwaben – 26 December 1938 in Buckfast), was an Abbot of Buckfast Abbey (1906–1938).[1]

Abbot Anscar Vonier

Life

Born Martin Vonier in 1875, (on the feast of Martin of Tours), he came from a large family, that had emigrated to Württember from the Tyrol. His father was a farmer, who also ran a brickworks. After a few years, the family moved to Rissegg, where Martin attended the local school and became an altar boy.[2]

In 1882, monks from fr:Abbaye Sainte-Marie de la Pierre-qui-Vire, who had been exiled from France, purchased the site of a former monastery near Buckfastleigh in Devon. In 1888, Vonier was one of the youths recruited for the new abbey at Buckfast.

Work

The Spirit and the Bride (1935)

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References
  1. "Vonier, Anscar". Encyclopedia.com. 2003. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. Clark, Augustine. "Vonier, Martin", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65088


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