Steganography Vindicated, Unlocked and Illustrated (1676) - Page 20

Order of Abbots	Year of Christ	Years	Months	Days
XXI.	On February 17, 1445, Conrad Humbrecht of Gau-Odernheim original: "Gavodernheim" is elected. He died March 9, 1461. He presided for	16	---	20
	The Abbacy was vacant for	---	---	1
XXII.	On March 10, 1461, Ulrich of Zeiskam original: "Udalricus de Zeiskeim" is elected. He resigned April 3, 1466. He presided for	5	---	24
XXIII.	On April 3, 1466, Otto Hawysen is elected, previously the Prior. He resigned August 20, 1469. He presided for	3	4	17
	The Abbacy was vacant for	---	---	2
XXIV.	On August 22, 1469, John, of the knightly family of Kaltenhausen original: "Colnhauſen", was elected, or rather nominated and appointed by the Commissioners of the Archbishop of Mainz original: "Moguntini". He resigned July 27, 1483. He was transferred to the Abbey of the monastery of Saints Marcellinus and Peter in Seligenstadt, and there he presided for 9 years; after these had passed, he also resigned that Abbey, burdened by old age and illness, and lived for 30 months more before he died. He presided in Spanheim for	13	11	5
	The Abbacy was vacant for	---	---	2

XXV. On July 29, 1483, JOANNES TRITHEMIUS is elected.

Therefore, there were 24 Abbots in total in Sponheim before Trithemius. Moreover, from the election of Bernhelm, the first Abbot, until the election of Trithemius, 359 years, 1 month, and 21 days passed. If we add to these the time of the Christian era when Bernhelm was elected—namely, May 8, 1124—the result is June 29, 1483, which coincides with the day of Trithemius’s election.

§. 7. The Reformation of the Monastery of Spanheim and the Incorporation of the Bursfelde Union.

Since the foundations of the Reformation and the Bursfelde Union A significant 15th-century reform movement within the Benedictine Order aimed at restoring strict monastic discipline, as well as the Provincial Chapters Regular regional meetings of monastic leaders to ensure adherence to rules, were laid in the year of Christ 1417 at the Council of Constance; and since that reformation reached its completion around the year of Christ 1429 in the Monastery of Bursfelde in the Diocese of Mainz in Saxony; Seeing the devout and holy conduct original: "conversationem" of the Bursfelde monks, the Princes and the Bishops of the Churches desired the individual monasteries subject to them to be reformed by them. To that end, many Provincial Chapters were celebrated, just as a certain Bull was issued in the Council of Basel, and Visitors and Reformers were appointed for all Monasteries of this Order