OFFICE FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT BRUNO

From the Common of Holy Men : Religious

According to the Ordinary Form
of the Roman Rite

October 6

Saint Bruno was born at Cologne about the year 1035. He was educated at Paris and, after ordination to the priesthood, he taught theology. However, he desired a solitary life and to this end he founded the first Carthusian monastery. When called upon by Pope Urban II, he aided the pontiff in meeting the needs of the Church. He died at Squillace in Calabria in 1101.




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