Licet ecclesiae catholicae

With the papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae on April 9, 1256 , Pope Alexander IV ordered the great union (magna unio) of the Tuscan hermits, the Janbonites (Zanbonini), the Brictinians (Brictini), the Wilhelmites and the hermits of St. Augustine .

Augustinian order

As a result of this merger, the Augustinian Hermits (OESA) emerged as the fourth important mendicant order , alongside the Franciscans , Dominicans and Carmelites . Today this congregation is called the Augustinian Order .

Appreciation

Pope Benedict XVI In 2007 he traveled to the two Italian dioceses of Vigevano and Pavia to pray at the tomb of St. Augustine . The pilgrimage of the Pope took place 750 years ago on the occasion of the publication of the bull “Licet ecclesiae catholicae”.

Individual evidence

↑ Augustine and the Augustinian Order Archived copy ( Memento from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
^ Reformation fundamentally - in the footsteps of Luther (a historical approximation) - The first phase of life [1]
↑ Vatican: Pope makes a pilgrimage to the grave of his teacher Augustine Archived copy ( Memento from March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Text of the bull on historiaaugustina.net (Latin and Italian)
Martin Weindl, A "City Order" in the Country: The Augustinian Hermit Convent Seemannshausen in the Late Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Era, Volume 1, Dissertation University of Regensburg, 2007

[1] Augustine and the Augustinian Order Archived copy ( Memento from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Reformation fundamentally - in the footsteps of Luther (a historical approximation) - The first phase of life [1]

[3] Vatican: Pope makes a pilgrimage to the grave of his teacher Augustine Archived copy ( Memento from March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )