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Notker Wolf
1940 – 2024
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryNotker Wolf was a German Benedictine monk, priest, abbot, musician, and author. He was a member of St. Ottilien Archabbey located in Bavaria, Germany, which is part of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien. He served as the ninth Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict from 2000 to 2016. He was known as the "rock abbot", for playing flute and sometimes e-guitar with the rock band Feedback in concerts and recordings.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 21, 1940
Bad Grönenbach
Date of death
April 2, 2024
Frankfurt-Flughafen
Citizenship
Germany
Occupations & fields
writeruniversity teacherCatholic priestmusicianguitaristtheologian
Awards & honours
Bavarian Order of MeritCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyBayerischer PoetentalerReinhold Maier MedalPipe Smoker of the YearWinfried Award
- Field and occupation
- Německý teolog, opat benediktinského řádu, řeholní kněz, hudebník a flétnista. Autor prací z morální teologie a úvah o křesťanské víře.
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