Anthonians - Congregation of Saint Anthony

Congregation of Saint Anthony

Founded in Flanders in 1615, and placed under the rule of St. Augustine by Pope Paul V, and under the jurisdiction of the provincial of the Belgian Augustinians. The only monastery was called Castelletum.

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