Dénesi Tamás (szerk.): Collectanea Sancti Martini - A Pannonhalmi Főapátság Gyűjteményeinek Értesítője 7. (Pannonhalma, 2019)
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214 Dénesi Tamás: Új források... Tamás Dénesi New Sources Related to the History of Electing Márton Rumer as Archabbot In 1688, the monks of Pannonhalma elected Márton Rumer as their superior, a former monk of Sankt Lambrecht, the treasurer and confessor of the shrine of Mariazell. A decision was made to publish the related documents found in the archives of the Abbey of Sankt Lambrecht because – beyond the new pieces of information – they can resolve some uncertainties and misapprehensions in the secondary sources of the Hungarian history of the Order. Of course, the Hungarian monks knew Rumer – who was born in Hungary – prior to that since the two Benedictine abbeys – Pannonhalma and Sankt Lambrecht – contracted an alliance of prayer in 1662. It was in this year that Archabbot Placid Magger (maybe taking the document of the alliance of prayer along) went on a pilgrimage to Sankt Lambrecht’s subordinated shrine, Mariazell, where he must have met the Hungarian confessor. The Hungarian Benedictines seeking refuge in Vienna and even further away after the Turkish invasion of 1683 might also have contacted Rumer, who took part in the effort of the mainly German, Bavarian and Austrian abbeys in 1688 to revive possibly most of the abandoned and destroyed abbeys in Hungary liberated from the Turks. Although only one letter reveals the information about this role of his, it can be rendered probable that his commitment to this task could convince his Hungarian fellow monks of his virtues and capacity for leadership. As for the result of the election, the Abbot of Sankt Lambrecht, Franz von Kaltenhausen was informed in a letter of 13 December 1688. A Benedictine of Pannonhalma, Ildefonz Lassek took this letter to Mariazell, and from there it was sent to the shrine’s mother-monastery. On his way to the shrine, he informed the Hungarian Chancery in Vienna about the result of the election because the appointment by the king was expected to be obtained as soon as possible. The fear was that some other cleric also wanted to seize the attractive benefice. The monastic community in Styria gladly consented to the result of the election. Rumer and Lassek started for Pannonhalma on a day after Christmas. They might have taken over the royal document of appointment of 9 January 1689 in person in Vienna. Márton Rumer maintained relations with his former fellow monks until his tragic death (1693), his former abbot helped him a lot, and he went on a pilgrimage to Mariazell every year.
