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Ossiach Abbey, the Glossary

Ossiach Abbey (Stift Ossiach) is a former Benedictine monastery in Ossiach, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.^[1]

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1020s establishments in Europe
1783 disestablishments
Benedictine monasteries in Austria
Establishments in the Duchy of Carinthia
Monasteries in Carinthia

Advocatus

During the Middle Ages, an (sometimes given as modern English: advocate; German:; French) was an office-holder who was legally delegated to perform some of the secular responsibilities of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey.

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Altötting

Altötting (Bavarian:; Oidäding) is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Altötting of Germany.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Austrian Congregation

The Austrian Congregation is a congregation of Benedictine monasteries situated in Austria, within the Benedictine Confederation.

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Babenberg

The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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Basilica

In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum.

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Bolesław II the Bold

Bolesław II the Bold (Bolesław II Śmiały; c. 1042 – 2/3 April 1081 or 1082), also known as the Generous (Szczodry) was Duke of Poland from 1058 to 1076 and King of Poland from 1076 to 1079.

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Carinthia

Carinthia (Kärnten; Koroška, Carinzia) is the southernmost and least densely populated Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes.

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Carloman of Bavaria

Carloman (Karlmann, Carlomannus; c. 830 – 22 March 880) was a Frankish king of the Carolingian dynasty.

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Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor

Conrad II (Konrad II, – 4 June 1039), also known as and, was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039.

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Crossing (architecture)

A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, is the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church.

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Duchy of Bavaria

The Duchy of Bavaria was a frontier region in the southeastern part of the Merovingian kingdom from the sixth through the eighth century.

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Duchy of Carinthia

The Duchy of Carinthia (Herzogtum Kärnten; Vojvodina Koroška) was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia.

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East Francia

East Francia (Latin: Francia orientalis) or the Kingdom of the East Franks (Regnum Francorum orientalium) was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911.

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Epitaph

An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person.

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Georgenberg Pact

The Georgenberg Pact (also called the Georgenberg Compact, Georgenberger Handfeste) was a treaty signed between Duke Leopold V of Austria and Duke Ottokar IV of Styria on 17 August 1186 at Enns Castle on the Georgenberg mountain.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Gustav Renker

Gustav Renker (12 October 1889 – 23 July 1967) was an Austrian and Swiss journalist and novelist known for his literary regionalism.

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Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry II (Heinrich II; Enrico II; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014.

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House of Habsburg

The House of Habsburg (Haus Habsburg), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.

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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death.

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Karl May

Karl Friedrich May (25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author.

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Lake Ossiach

Lake Ossiach (Ossiacher See, Osojsko jezero) is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Niederaltaich Abbey

Niederaltaich Abbey (Abtei or Kloster Niederaltaich) is a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 741, situated in the village of Niederalteich on the Danube in Bavaria.

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Ossiach

Ossiach (Osoje) is a municipality in the Feldkirchen District in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

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Otakars

The Otakars (or von Traungaus, or Traungauer) were a medieval dynasty ruling the Imperial March of Styria (later the Duchy of Styria) from 1056 to 1192.

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Patriarchate of Aquileia

The Patriarchate of Aquileia was an episcopal see and ecclesiastical province in northeastern Italy, originally centered in the ancient city of Aquileia, situated near the northern coast of the Adriatic Sea.

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Poppo of Treffen

Poppo of Treffen (also Wolfgang) was the fifty-seventh patriarch of Aquileia from 1019 to 1045.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg

The Archdiocese of Salzburg (Archidioecesis Salisburgensis; Erzbistum Soizburg) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Austria.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau

The Diocese of Passau (Diœcesis Passaviensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Rule of Saint Benedict

The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Sancti Benedicti) is a book of precepts written in Latin by St. Benedict of Nursia (c. AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.

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Stained glass

Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it.

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Stanislaus of Szczepanów

Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Stanisław ze Szczepanowa; 26 July 1030 – 11 April 1079) was a Polish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kraków and was martyred by the Polish King Bolesław II the Bold.

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Treffen am Ossiacher See

Treffen am Ossiacher See (Trebinje) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in Carinthia in south-central Austria.

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Wessobrunner School

The Wessobrunner School is the name for a group of Baroque stucco-workers that, beginning at the end of the 17th century, developed in the Benedictine Wessobrunn Abbey in Bavaria, Germany.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossiach_Abbey

Ossiach Abbey, the Glossary

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See also

1020s establishments in Europe

1783 disestablishments

Benedictine monasteries in Austria

Establishments in the Duchy of Carinthia

Monasteries in Carinthia

References