Augustinian Discalceates
The Augustinian Discalceaten ( German Augustinian barefooter , Latin Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum , order abbreviation OAD ) are a Roman Catholic religious order that lives according to the Augustine rule and thus belongs to the Augustinian orders .
Originated as a reform branch of the Augustinian hermits and approved in 1610 , they subsequently formed four congregations: the Spanish Augustinian barefoot ( Augustinian recollects ), the Italian (1593), French (1596) and the Portuguese (1675) discalceates.
The Spanish barefoot convents were founded in 1621 by Gregory XV. divided into three Spanish and one Filipino province; In 1912 the Spanish Congregation became a separate order, the Augustinian Recollects ( Ordo Augustinianorum Recollectorum , OAR).
The Portuguese, Italian and French congregations were also very popular in the 17th century and had to be divided into several provinces. They spread to Bohemia (Prague), Austria (Vienna), Bavaria (Maria-Stern near Dachau) and Silesia (Stehlen).
The best known German Augustinian barefoot was Johann Ulrich Megerle (1644–1709); he had the religious name Abraham a Sancta Clara .
In 2003 the order had 242 members; 89 of them were priests who looked after 30 parishes.
Prior General
- Gabriele (Ezio) Marinucci (1963–1980)
- Antonio Desideri (? - 2004?)
- Luigi Pingelli (2004? - May 14, 2011)
- Gabriele Ferlisi (2011 - ...)
literature
- Walpurga Oppeker: The monastery of the Discalced Augustinian Hermits in Fratting / Vratĕnín, South Moravia. In: Hippolytus NF 30/31 , St. Pölten 2006, pp. 31-134.
- Walpurga Oppeker: The German-Bohemian province of the Augustinian barefoot. Retrieved digitally on December 20, 2013.
- Walpurga Oppeker: Thoughts on the piety of the Augustinian barefooters of the German-Bohemian province. In: Heidemarie Specht, Thomas Cernusak (Ed.): Life and everyday life in Bohemian-Moravian and Lower Austrian monasteries in the late Middle Ages and modern times. Lectures on the conference of the same name in Brno from October 28 to 29, 2008, St. Pölten-Brno 2011, pp. 49–85, ISBN 978-80-86787-48-0 .