Anscar Vonier
Ansgar Vonier, engl. Anscar Vonier, O.S.B., was an Abbot of Buckfast Abbey.Life
Born Martin Vonier in 1875,, 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.
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
