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This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are ancillary establishments (distilleries, printing houses) and the "houses of refuge" used ...
The monastery is generally a small community of hermits based on the model of the 4th-century Lauras of Palestine. A Carthusian monastery consists of a number of individual cells built around a cloister. The individual cells are organised so that the door of each cell comes off a large corridor. The focus of Carthusian life is contemplation.
In 1084, Saint Hugh gave it to hermit Saint Bruno and his followers who founded the Carthusian Order. The recipe of the alcoholic beverage Chartreuse is said to have been given to the monks of Grande Chartreuse in 1605 [1] by the French Marshal François Annibal d'Estrées. For over a century, the monks worked on perfecting the 130-ingredient ...
Pages in category "Carthusian monasteries in France" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Grande Chartreuse. A charterhouse (French: chartreuse; German: Kartause; Italian: certosa; Portuguese: cartuxa; Spanish: cartuja) is a monastery of Carthusian monks. The English word is derived by phono-semantic matching from the French word chartreuse [1] and it is therefore sometimes misunderstood to indicate that the houses were created by charter, a grant of legal rights by a high authority.
1.4 Carthusians. 1.5 Cistercians. 1.6 Dominicans. 1.7 Franciscans. 1.8 Premonstratensians. ... This is a list of Christian monasteries and religious houses in France, ...
Finally, the Second World War enabled the Carthusian monks to regain a temporary foothold in France: on 10 May 1940, Germany invaded France, and the monks were threatened with expulsion from Italy if Mussolini also attacked France. On 29 May 1940, hoping that Pope Pius XII would put pressure on Mussolini to prevent Italy from going to war ...
Extract from the Cassini map, on which the "old chartreuse" of Koenigshoffen is visible in the centre of the map, between the Bruche and the Bruche canal.. The Carthusian monastery located in Koenigshoffen - today a suburb of Strasbourg - and known as "Mont-Sainte-Marie" ("Marienbühl") was founded in 1335 on the banks of the Bruche by three monks, on land donated by Berthold II of Bucheck ...