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and had remained unresolved for more than two decades, were also solved under Blarer. Defeated by Count
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Eglolf is supposed to have repaired the convent buildings that had been demolished in the fire in 1418. Moreover, he is said to have begun the construction of a new chorus in 1439, which, however, could not be finalised, and to have established the monastery school.
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