Pauline Fathers (Order of St. Paul the First Hermit)
Variant namesThe Pauline Fathers took their name from the hermit St. Paul of Thebes, who lived in Egypt during the third or fourth century. An order of priests and brothers, it originated in 1250 with the union of a monastery in Patach, Hungary, and another in Pisilia, Hungary, that had been established by Eusebius of Esztergom (d. 1270). The order received papal approval in 1308 and followed a strict observance of the rule of St. Augustine. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the Reformation and the Turkish invasions caused the order a serious decline, but a notable revival occurred at the end of the seventeenth century and a major expansion took place. Guillaume Collier established the order in France and Paul V gave it formal approval in 1620. The French group, known familiarly as the Brothers of Death, oriented their asceticism toward a constant concern with death. The order was contemplative until the sixteenth century when the Holy See assigned it to charitable, educational, and parochial works. In 1788 Emperor Joseph suppressed the houses in his Hapsburg states. The Portuguese and French houses did not survive the French Revolutionary period, but the two monasteries at Kracow and Czestochowa have survived.
From the description of Paolini, ca. 1770. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 145567964
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| creatorOf | Pauline Fathers (Order of St. Paul the First Hermit). Paolini, ca. 1770. | Bentley Historical Library | |
| creatorOf | Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Regula sanctissimi patris nostri Augustini doctoris eximii : manuscript, 1522. | Houghton Library |
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