 The state of things in Saint Gall was too discouraging, the more so as, only recently, a fire had raged in the abbey.The Pope condescended to Konrad's wish and on 15 March 1419, he announced this to the vassals of the monastery and simultaneously made Heinrich von Mansdorf the new abbot.Konrad's reign lasted ten months; he is once documented as abbot - on 23 January 1419.