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)

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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