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The baroque Saint Florian Monastery (Stift Sankt Florian) is one of the largest and best-known monasteries in Austria, is located in the market town of St Florian near Linz in Upper Austria. The collegiate church dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (patronage August 15) is a parish church and minor basilica. It belongs to the Enns-Lorch deanery in the diocese of Linz. The collegiate basilica and the monastery buildings are listed buildings.

The origins of Saint Florian Monastery are not documented. It is first mentioned towards the end of the 8th century. A tradition from the 9th century, the Passio Floriani, tells of the martyrdom of the first Christian known by name in what is now Austria: Saint Florian, who initially worked in the civil administration of the Roman Empire. When he later publicly professed Christianity during Emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians, he was tortured, tied up and thrown into the Enns River, where he died. According to the Passio Floriani, he was buried in the year 304 at the place where the collegiate church is located. This suggests that there was a tradition of veneration of the eponymous saint in St Florian from the 4th century onwards.

The first written evidence of a monastery complex dates back to the Carolingian period in 819. In 1071, Bishop Altmann of Passau introduced the Augustinian Rule. Until then, St Florian was a monastery of secular canons. With the introduction of the rule, the canons became religious, who from now on took religious vows

In January 1941 the monastery was confiscated and expropriated by the Gestapo. The canons and their then provost Vinzenz Hartl were expelled, but were able to continue their monastic life in Pulgarn Monastery near Steyregg. From 1942 onwards, the Reich Broadcasting Corporation had its headquarters here under its general director Heinrich Glasmeier. After the end of the Second World War, the canons were able to return to the monastery.

After Leopold Hager, Johannes Zauner (1913-1977) and Wilhelm Neuwirth (1977-2005), Johannes Holzinger has been the 57th provost of St Florian (since 2005). Currently the monastery has 30 canons.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stift_Sankt_Florian




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