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Founder of monastic order revered in Spain (9)

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I believe the answer is:

augustine

'founder of monastic order' is the definition.
(St Augustine founded a monastic order)

'revered in spain' is the wordplay.
'revered' becomes 'august' (synonyms).
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana).
'august'+'in'+'e'='AUGUSTINE'

(Other definitions for augustine that I've seen before include "Friar" , "Missionary" , "First Archbishop of Canterbury" , "Saint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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