WELCOME! ST FLORIAN MONASTERY 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 Enn...