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St. Bruno

noun
1.
(Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101).  Synonyms: Bruno, Saint Bruno.






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"St. Bruno" Quotes from Famous Books



... neglected. The spiritual life of Grenoble had been nourished by a noble bishop, also Hugh, who had seen the vision of seven stars resting upon a certain plot of ground, which induced him to grant the same to St. Bruno, the founder of the Grande Chartreuse. Here he served himself as a simple monk, laying aside his bishop's robes, not a score of miles from Avalon. This Hugh was a religious and free thinking man, who, though he found ...
— Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln - A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England • Charles L. Marson



Words linked to "St. Bruno" :   Roman Catholic, Saint Bruno, ecclesiastic, Bruno, saint, churchman, cleric, Western Church, Church of Rome, divine, Roman Church, Roman Catholic Church



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