| rdfs:comment | - Sturmius took solemn possession of the land, and raised the cross. The wilderness was soon cleared, and the erection of the monastery and church, the latter dedicated to the Most Holy Redeemer, begun under the personnel direction of Saint Boniface. He appointed Sturmius as first abbot of the new foundation, which he intended to surpass in greatness all existing monasteries of Germany, and to be a nursery for priests. The rule was modelled on that of the Abbey of Monte Cassino, as Sturmius himself had gone to Italy (748) for the express purpose of becoming familiar with it. To secure absolute autonomy for the new abbey, Boniface obtained from Pope Zachary a privilege, dated 4 November, 751, placing it immediately under the Holy See, and removing it from all episcopal jurisdiction.
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| abstract | - Sturmius took solemn possession of the land, and raised the cross. The wilderness was soon cleared, and the erection of the monastery and church, the latter dedicated to the Most Holy Redeemer, begun under the personnel direction of Saint Boniface. He appointed Sturmius as first abbot of the new foundation, which he intended to surpass in greatness all existing monasteries of Germany, and to be a nursery for priests. The rule was modelled on that of the Abbey of Monte Cassino, as Sturmius himself had gone to Italy (748) for the express purpose of becoming familiar with it. To secure absolute autonomy for the new abbey, Boniface obtained from Pope Zachary a privilege, dated 4 November, 751, placing it immediately under the Holy See, and removing it from all episcopal jurisdiction. The abbots of Fulda became in the 10th Century the abbot general of the Benedictines in Germany and Gaul. In the 12th century, they became imperial chancellors and in the 13th Century, princes of the empire. Fulda was the center of monastic reform during the reign of Henry II. The prestige of Fulda declined in succeeding centuries. It was secularized in 1803 after the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss but became an episcopal see in 1829. The library held approximately 2 000 manuscripts. It preserved works such as Tacitus' Annales, Codex Fuldensis, and the monastery is considered the cradle of Old High German literature.
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