Congregation of the Austrian Augustinian Canons

The Congregation of the Austrian Lateran Augustinian Canons (Latin Congregatio Canonicorum Regularium S. Augustini Lateranensium Austriaca ) is a religious institute in the Roman Catholic Church . It is integrated into the Confederation of Augustinian Canons .

history

The church reform initiated by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) led many canons to return to the old traditions. Development was interrupted during the pontificate of Boniface VIII (1294–1303). Pope Eugene IV (1431–1447) occupied the Lateran basilica in Rome with Augustinian canons in 1446 . From this the " Augustinian Canons of the Lateran " developed . In Austria-Hungary there were six monasteries of the Augustinian Canons of the Lateran since 1867 . In 1907 the monasteries merged to form the " Congregation of the Austrian Augustinian Canons ". While maintaining the independence of the individual monasteries, the congregation is headed by an abbot general - since 2017 the provost of St. Florian monastery , Johann Holzinger .

Of the six canons' abbeys , five are in Austria and one in Italy :

abbey	Canons	place	country	Website URL
Neustift	0000029	Brixen	South-Tirol	kloster-neustift.it
Klosterneuburg	0000044	Klosterneuburg	Lower Austria	stift-klosterneuburg.at
Saint Florian	0000038	Saint Florian	Upper Austria	stift-st-florian.at
Herzogenburg	0000014th	Herzogenburg	Lower Austria	stift-herzogburg.at
Advance	0000017th	Advance	Styria	stift-vorau.at
Reichersberg	0000022nd	Reichersberg	Upper Austria	stift-reichersberg.at

^ Ferdinand Kaineder: Provost Johann Holzinger elected Abbot General of the Augustinian Canons . In: Religious Orders Austria . ( ordensgemeinschaften.at [accessed on February 27, 2018]).