Carthusians. The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians, are an enclosed religious order of the Roman Catholic Church.
The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its own rule, called the Statutes, and their life combines both eremitical and cenobitic monasticism.
The motto of the Carthusians is Stat crux dum volvitur orbis, Latin for The Cross is steady while the world turns. The name Carthusian is derived from the Chartreuse Mountains in the French Prealps: Saint Bruno built his first hermitage in a valley of these mountains.
These names were adapted to the English charterhouse, meaning a Carthusian monastery. Today, there are 23 charterhouses, 18 for monks and 5 for nuns.
The alcoholic cordial Chartreuse has been produced by the monks of Grande Chartreuse since 1737, which gave rise to the name of the color. In 1084 Bishop Hugh of Grenoble offered Bruno, the former Chancellor of the Diocese of Reims, a solitary site in the mountains of his diocese, in the valley of Chartreuse. There Bruno and six companions built a hermitage, consisting of a few log cabins opening towards a gallery that allowed them access to the communal areas, the church, refectory, and chapter room without having to suffer too much from inclement conditions. Six years later, Bruno's former pupil, Pope Urban II, requested his services. He would only liv
The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its own rule, called the Statutes, and their life combines both eremitical and cenobitic monasticism.
The motto of the Carthusians is Stat crux dum volvitur orbis, Latin for The Cross is steady while the world turns. The name Carthusian is derived from the Chartreuse Mountains in the French Prealps: Saint Bruno built his first hermitage in a valley of these mountains.
These names were adapted to the English charterhouse, meaning a Carthusian monastery. Today, there are 23 charterhouses, 18 for monks and 5 for nuns.
The alcoholic cordial Chartreuse has been produced by the monks of Grande Chartreuse since 1737, which gave rise to the name of the color. In 1084 Bishop Hugh of Grenoble offered Bruno, the former Chancellor of the Diocese of Reims, a solitary site in the mountains of his diocese, in the valley of Chartreuse. There Bruno and six companions built a hermitage, consisting of a few log cabins opening towards a gallery that allowed them access to the communal areas, the church, refectory, and chapter room without having to suffer too much from inclement conditions. Six years later, Bruno's former pupil, Pope Urban II, requested his services. He would only liv
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