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Leopold's younger son, the chronicler Otto of Freising, prepared for his ecclesiastical career at Klosterneuburg and became provost in 1126. In 1133, Leopold handed the monastery over to the Augustinians after repossessing it from the secular canons. Leopold sought to create an impressive but private monastery next to his residence. [4]
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 ...
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 1065 Leopold married Ida (1055–1101), a Bavarian countess of Formbach (Vornbach). Ida was the daughter of Count Rapoto IV and Matilda and a relative of Archbishop Thiemo of Salzburg. She is said to have died during the Crusade of 1101. Leopold and Ida had a son: Leopold III (1073–1136), who succeeded his father as Austrian margrave,
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of Leopold II. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Order of Leopold II .
The canonry of St Mary's College, St David's became the property of the Crown on the dissolution of the monasteries. The Sovereign was never a canon of St David's, even as a layman (see also the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion (1562) Article 37), though he or she may occupy the first prebendal stall, which is assigned for the monarch's use.
There are two statues of Leopold II in France, both located in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, a town on the Mediterranean coast in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. Leopold II had bought a lot of real estate in the Cap Ferrat since 1896. [35] The oldest statue is a bronze medal of Leopold II embedded into a stone pier, erected in ...
Leopold was a moderate proponent of enlightened absolutism. [2] He granted the Academy of Georgofili his protection. Unusually for his time, he opposed the death penalty and torture and abolished it in Tuscany on 30 November 1786 during his rule there, making it the first nation in modern history to do so. This act has been commemorated since ...