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The Augustinians were Roman Catholic monastic order. Martin Luther became an Augustinian monk at St. Augustine's Monastery in the German city of Erfurt in 1505. He later started the Reformation.

The name comes from Augustine of Hippo.

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    Peter Fourier, leader of the reform of the Canons Regular, wearing the sarozium

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    Ruins of Jasienice Abbey, a former Augustinian priory in Jasienica, Police, Poland (14th century)

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    Stanisław Kazimierczyk (1433–1489)

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    Martin Luther (1483–1546), in the habit of the Augustinian Order. Luther was an Augustinian friar from 1505 until his excommunication in 1520. Luther would later renounce his religious vows and marry Katharina von Bora in 1525.

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    Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644–1709)

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    Rita of Cascia (1381–1457)

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