 On 6 January 1412, the city appealed to Pope John XXIII for the confirmation of the new abbot and described in the same letter the abysmal state of the abbey.Thereupon, on 28 March 1412, the Pope commanded the Bishop of Augsburg, the Judicial vicar of Basel and the Cantor of Saint Felix and Regula to protect the abbey in its rights and property.On 5 December 1411, he even took the abbey under his own protection and confirmed its rights.