Collegiate Church Of Saints Philip And James, Altötting
The Collegiate Church of Saints Philip and James, Altötting (), with the associated college or community of secular canons (), was founded in about 1228 in Altötting, Bavaria, southern Germany. Monastery The first foundation on the site was a monastery, Ötting or Altötting Abbey ( or ''Altötting''), founded in 876/877 by King Carloman of Bavaria, Carloman, to which he entrusted the palatine chapel of Altötting and also Mattsee Abbey, and where he was later buried. The monastery apparently survived the Hungarian invasions of Europe, Hungarian invasions of the early 10th century but ceased to function some time later in the 10th or possibly the early 11th century.Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte: Klöster in Bayern - Altötting: Kollegiat ...
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Stiftskirche Altötting-2
In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college (canon law), college of canon (priest), canons, a non-monastic or secular clergy, "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, headed by a dignitary bearing a title which may vary, such as Dean (religion), dean or Provost (religion), provost. In its governance and religious observance, a collegiate church is similar in some respects to a cathedral, but a collegiate church is not the seat of a bishop and has no Diocese, diocesan responsibilities. Collegiate churches have often been supported by endowments, including lands, or by tithe income from impropriation, appropriated benefices. The Church (building), church building commonly provides both distinct spaces for congregational worship and for the choir offices of the canons. History In the early medieval period, before the development of the parish system in Western Christianity, man ...
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