For other uses, see Bruno of Cologne (disambiguation).
Saint
Bruno of Cologne
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Saint Bruno of Cologne, by Nicolas Mignard
Monk, hermit
Born
c. 1030 Cologne, Archdiocese of Cologne
Died
6 October 1101 Serra San Bruno
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Beatified
1514 by Pope Leo X[1]
Canonized
17 February 1623 by Pope Gregory XV[2]
Feast
6 October
Attributes
Carthusian habit, holding a skull, rule of the Carthusian order, crucifix
Bruno of Cologne (German: Bruno von Köln; Italian: Bruno di Colonia; c. 1030 – 6 October 1101), venerated as Saint Bruno, was the founder of the Carthusian Order. He personally founded the order's first two communities. He was a celebrated teacher at Reims, and a close advisor of his former pupil, Pope Urban II. His feast day is 6 October.
^"Ravier, A., "Short Biography of St Bruno", 1983". Archived from the original on 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
^Derry, George H (1913). "St. Bruno (2)" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. "St. Bruno (...) had never been formally canonized. His cult, authorized for the Carthusian Order by Leo X in 1514, was extended to the whole church by Gregory XV, 17 February 1623, as a semi-double feast, and elevated to the class of doubles by Clement X, 14 March 1674."
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