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The Higher Scientific Institute for Diocesan Priests at St. Augustine's () in
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, also well known as Augustineum or as Frintaneum, was a school for
diocesan priest In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
s that existed between 1816 and 1918. Seat of the institution was in the former monastery of Augustinians at Vienna's
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and after 1914 on Habsburggasse street. The main reason for the establishment of the Institute was the desire of Vienna court to educate its own
priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...
s, independent of
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. Pupils of the Institute have studied theology for three years to achieve a doctorate. Pupils wore own special uniform. The Institute was opened for pupils from all over the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Until 1916, when it was abolished, it was attended by more than 1,000 pupils.


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