Approximately 100 Augustinian organizations now flourish in Europe and various parts of the Americas, where they remain active in educational and medical work. ... The original rule, written for them in 1209 by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Albert of Vercelli, was severe, prescribing poverty, abstinence from meat, and solitude. ...

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