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Bruno, Saint, approximately 1030-1101

LC control no.n 80145607
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Personal name headingBruno, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
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Variant(s)Bruno, di Colonia, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Bruno, of Cologne, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Bruno, the Carthusian, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Brunone, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Bruno, Cartusianus, Saint, approximately 1030-1101
Bruno, Saint, 1030 (ca.)-1101
Other standard no.118674838
Associated countryGermany France Italy
Associated placeChartreuse Mountains (France) Rome (Italy)
Birth date1030~
Death date1101
Place of birthCologne (Germany)
Place of deathSerra San Bruno (Italy)
AffiliationCarthusians
Grande Chartreuse (France)
Profession or occupationPriests
Special noteDo not confuse with: Bruno, Saint, Archbishop of Cologne, 925?-965 (see NAR nr 90002215)
Found inTromby, Benedetto. Storia critico-cronologica diplomatica del patriarca S. Brunone e del suo ordine cartusiano. Volume 1, 1981: title page (S. Brunone)
Certosini e cisterciensi nel Regno di Sicilia, 1993: page 9 (Bruno di Colonia)
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)
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)
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)
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