Carthusians
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The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians, are an enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The
Painting by Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) depicting the founder of the Carthusians, Bruno of Cologne (c. 1030-1101), revering Mary, mother of Jesus and adoring the Christ Child, with Hugh of Lincoln (1135–1200) looking on in the background.
Garden of a cell at the Certosa di Pavia
Carthusian monk depicted in Petrus Christus's painting Portrait of a Carthusian.
The Grande Chartreuse is the head monastery of the Carthusian order.
Cenobitic monasticism
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Cenobitic monasticism is a monastic tradition that stresses community life. Often in the West the community belongs to a religious order, and the life of the cenobitic monk is regulated by a religious
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…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 Carthusians retain a unique…
Coptic icon of Pachomius the Great, the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism