Bruno, Saint, approximately 1030-1101

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Name (Latin)
Bruno, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Other forms of name
Bruno, Cartusianus, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Bruno, of Cologne, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
nnea Bruno, Saint, 1030 (ca.)-1101
Bruno, di Colonia, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Bruno, Saint, ca. 1030-1101
Bruno, the Carthusian, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Brunone, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Bruno, Saint, Carthusian, ca. 1030-1101
Date of birth
1030
Date of death
1101-10-06
Other designation
Saint
Associated country
France
Germany
Italy
Occupation
Priests
Associated Language
lat
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 282832607
Wikidata: Q312314
Library of congress: n 80145607
Sources of Information
  • Certosini e cisterciensi nel Regno di Sicilia, 1993:page 9 (Bruno di Colonia)
  • Deutsche Nationalbibliothek online catalog, viewed October 13, 2023(authorized access point: Bruno, von Köln, Heiliger; other data in authority record: German cleric and founder of the Carthusian order; born around 1030 in Cologne; died 1101 in Serra San Bruno; variant form of name: Bruno, Cartusianus)
  • English Wikipedia, viewed April 4, 2022(Bruno of Cologne; Bruno von Köln; founder of the Carthusian order; he studied at the cathedral school at Reims and later served as the school's head; he was probably ordained to the priesthood around 1055; beginning in 1084, he lived as a hermit at Chartreuse, near Grenoble; in 1090, Pope Urban II (a former pupil of Bruno's) called him to Rome)
  • New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition, 2003:volume 2, pages 649-650 (Bruno the Carthusian, St.; founder of the Carthusians; born in Cologne, Germany, before 1030; died October 6, 1101, in the hermitage of Santa Maria della Torre, in Serra San Bruno, Calabria; he studied in Cologne and Reims; he sided with Pope Gregory VII in his efforts to reform the clergy; in 1084 he journeyed to the Chartreuse region, in the foothills of the French Alps, seeking to live as an hermit; this is considered the founding of Carthusian order; his extant works include a commentary on the Psalter)
  • Tromby, Benedetto. Storia critico-cronologica diplomatica del patriarca S. Brunone e del suo ordine cartusiano. Volume 1, 1981:title page (S. Brunone)
  • Tromby, B. Storia critico-cronologica diplomatica del patriarca S. Brunone e del suo ordine cartusiano, 1981- :v. 1, t.p. (S. Brunone)
  • Certosini e cisterciensi nel Regno di Sicilia, c1993:p. 9 (Bruno di Colonia)
  • New Cath. enc.(Bruno the Carthusian, St.; founder of the Carthusians; b. Cologne, before 1030; d. Santa Maria, La Torre, near Catanzaro (Calabria), Oct. 6, 1101)