ENGELBERT of Admont. - Benedictine, b. ca. 1250 in Styria, d. 12 May 1331. His family name was Pötsch. Abbot of Admont (1297-1327), he resigned from office in his later years. A versatile and multifaceted intellect, though not original, he was one of the most learned men of his time. His exceedingly abundant output extends to every field of contemporary knowledge.
His 40 works were largely collected and edited by B. Pez O.S.B. in *Thesaurus anecdotorum novissimus*, I, part 1 (Augsburg 1721), cols. 427-762; IV, part 2 (ibid. 1723), cols. 119-48; and in *Bibliotheca ascetica antiqua-novae*, III (Regensburg 1724); VI (ibid. 1724), pp. 49-150; VII (ibid. 1725), pp. 65-112; IX (ibid. 1726), pp. 111-92. His political works were particularly esteemed. Notable among them is *De ortu, progressu et fine imperii Romani*, composed between 1308 and 1313, edited by G. Brusch (Basel 1555 and frequently thereafter). In it the author expounds his ideas on the State, its origin, forms, development, and relations; he discusses the Holy Roman Empire, which he regards as the continuation of the ancient Roman Empire, its mission, the relations between Church and State, the end of the Empire and the world, which he foretells as imminent, with the consequent coming of the Antichrist.