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Leopold III (German: Luitpold, Latin: Leupoldus, 1073 – 15 November 1136), known as Leopold the Good, was the Margrave of Austria from 1095 to his death in 1136. He was a member of the House of Babenberg. He was canonized on 6 January 1485 and became the patron saint of Austria, Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Vienna. His feast day is 15 ...
In 1113, Leopold founded a monastery (kloster) for secular canons next to his castle, providing it with generous donations of land. The cornerstone ceremony for the new abbey church took place on 12 June 1114. [4] Leopold's younger son, the chronicler Otto of Freising, prepared for his ecclesiastical career at Klosterneuburg and became provost ...
Austrian Congregation of Canons Regular – Canonry of Saint Leopold, Glen Cove, NY [62] Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius – Chicago, Illinois [63] Congregation of the Oratory of Pharr – Pharr, Texas [64] [65] The Contemplatives of St. Joseph Monastic Order – San Francisco, California [66] Franciscans of Mary Immaculate – Warsaw ...
Lupold of Bebenburg (German: Lupold von Bebenburg; born c. 1297, died 28 October 1363) was the Bishop of Bamberg from 1353 (as Leopold III). He is best known for his political writings. He is best known for his political writings.
The monastery was founded in 1133 by Margrave St. Leopold III of Austria, at the request of his son Otto, soon to be abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Morimond in Burgundy and afterwards Bishop of Freising. Its first twelve monks together with their abbot, Gottschalk, came from Morimond at the request of Leopold III.
Kirche am Steinhof, also called the Church of St. Leopold, is the Roman Catholic oratory of the Otto-Wagner-Spital in the area of Steinhof in Vienna, Austria. The building, designed by Otto Wagner , is considered one of the most important Art Nouveau churches in the world.
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The original St. George chapel in the Leopoldsberg castle [] was blown up during the first Turkish siege of Vienna [], [4] Emperor Leopold I during the plague in Vienna [5] in 1679 had built on the Leopoldsberg (at the time still Kahlenberg) a new church dedicated to the Margrave Leopold III (of Babenbergs), who was canonized in 1485.