Zellingen
Community ID: 
 
2413
 
Diocese: 
 
Würzburg
 
Date Founded: 
 
800 (circa)
 
Date Terminated: 
 
900 (circa)
 
Religious Order: 
 
Benedictine (needs verification)
 
Foundation Information: 
 

This convent is mentioned in 837 when Benedictines from Fulda brought relics to the community from Rome. The nuns met the Benedictines, carrying a cross and candles, and led them into their church. The account records that a sick maid of the Abbess Mathilde was cured after venerating the relics (Link, 574).

 
First Members: 
 

Abbess Mathilde

 
Dependent Communities: 
 

Perhaps S. Afra of Würzburg, which is later recorded as being tithed for the building expenses of the parish church.

 
Dependency Of: 
 

The convent was likely a dependency of Fulda.

 
State Of Medieval Structure: 
 

The convent supposedly stood next to the present parish church.

 
Relics: 
 

The convent reportedly received relics from Rome and became a pilgrimage site in the Middle Ages (Link, 574).

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Klosterbuch der Diocese Wurzburg.

 
Admin. Notes: 
 

Further research necessary

 
Contributors: 
 
June Mecham
 
Contributors Notes: 
 

Little information on this community exists. Link also speculates that mention of Zellingen may refer to the convent of Karlsburg

 
Date Started: 
 
800
 
Date Finished: 
 
900
 
Length: 
 
865