Modern genetics began with the work of the Augustinian friar Gregor Johann Mendel. The abbey was originally served by a community of Augustinian Canons Regular from Merton Priory. Tavernier mentioned about churches built in Dhaka by Portuguese Augustinian missionaries. This endeavor was undertaken by Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars immediately after conquest. The Augustinian, or Austin, friars (OSA), are a mendicant order. These monasteries were Benedictine except in the case of Carlisle, which was Augustinian. The abbey was a monastery of Augustinian canons. He may have become a canon at the Augustinian priory in Merton, Surrey. Owing to the abusive practices of many Augustinian friars, a number of Ilocanos revolted. Many Irish emigrants (including Augustinian friars) are now returning. Modern Augustinian Calvinism holds this later view. I listed buildings on the site of an Augustinian Priory. He also attempted, as legate, to force reform on monastic orders like the Augustinian canons. This was close to the date of the burning of Coverdale's Augustinian mentor Robert Barnes. He was the first Augustinian to be canonized.