Bruno of Cologne, OCart (German: Bruno von Köln; Italian: Bruno di Colonia; c. 1030 – 6 October 1101), venerated as Saint Bruno, was the founder of the Carthusians. He personally founded the order's first two communities.

Bruno was born in Cologne of the prominent Hartenfaust family. He studied at the Cathedral school at Rheims, and on his return to Cologne about 1055, was ordained and became a Canon at St. Cunibert's.

Oct 6, 2022 · Saint Bruno was a Carthusian monk who took great steps to find a quiet place to live in spite of being asked to assist the Pope in Rome. Today we celebrate a saint who was never canonized and who wanted to live in solitude and prayer.

Saint Bruno is believed to have been born into the wealthy and influential Hardebüst family in Cologne, modern-day Germany. He was educated at the prestigious Cathedral School of Rheims in France. Returning to Cologne, he was made a canon—and likely ordained a priest—at Saint Cunibert Church.

Saint Bruno the Carthusian (born c. 1030, Cologne—died Oct. 6, 1101, La Torre monastery, Calabria; canonized 1514; feast day October 6) was the founder of the Carthusian order who was noted for his learning and for his sanctity.

St. Bruno is the popular saint of Calabria; every year a great multitude resort to the Charterhouse of St. Stephen, on the Monday and Tuesday of Pentecost, when his relics are borne in procession to the hermitage of St. Mary, where he lived, and the …

Sep 30, 2024 · St. Bruno, born in Cologne in 1030, was a significant figure in the history of Christian monasticism. Known as the founder of the Carthusian Order, he embodied a life devoted to prayer, contemplation, and detachment from worldly vanities.

Bruno, master in all honesty in the Church of Rheims, 5 was one of the most prominent candidates, he who had been deemed worthy of suffering persecution for the Name of Jesus 6. But for him the time had come to answer a higher call and leave the world.

Mar 26, 2025 · On Oct. 6, the Catholic Church commemorates Saint Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Carthusian order of monks who remain notable for their strictly traditional and austere rule of...

Bruno, Saint, Archbishop of Cologne, b. 925; d. at Reims, October 11, 965; was the youngest son of Henry I of Germany (surnamed the Fowler) and St. Mathilda, and brother of the Emperor Otto I. He inherited his mother’s piety and was even from boyhood destined for the Church.