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Carthusian — Order Abbreviation O.Cart., Carthusians Motto Stat crux dum volvitur orbis … Wikipedia
Monastery — of St. Nilus on Stolbnyi Island in Lake Seliger near Ostashkov, Russia, ca. 1910 … Wikipedia
Carthusian Martyrs — The Carthusian Martyrs were a group of monks of the London Charterhouse, the monastery of the Carthusian Order in central London, who were put to death by the English state from June 19, 1535 to September 20, 1537. The method of execution was… … Wikipedia
Monastery of the Holy Spirit — The Monastery of the Holy Spirit, officially called Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery is a Roman Catholic monastery near Conyers, Georgia belonging to the world wide Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.) – more commonly… … Wikipedia
Carthusian — /kahr thooh zheuhn/, Rom. Cath. Ch. n. 1. a member of a monastic order founded by St. Bruno in 1086 near Grenoble, France. adj. 2. pertaining to the Carthusians. [1520 30; < ML Cartusianus, by metathesis from Catursianus, after Catursiani… … Universalium
Monastery of Santa Maria de las Cuevas — Facade at night. The Monastery of Santa María de las Cuevas, also known as the Monastery of the Cartuja (Charterhouse), is a religious building on the island of La Cartuja in Seville, southern Spain. Contents … Wikipedia
Carthusian — Order of monks (O. Cart.) founded in 1085 by St Bruno of Cologne. Although without a written rule they followed that of St Benedict in their own way its members lived austere, solitary lives of silence and fasting within the monastery. Their… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Carthusian — /kaˈθjuziən/ (say kah thyoohzeeuhn) noun Roman Catholic Church a member of an austere monastic order founded by the German monk St Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, a town in south eastern France. {Medieval Latin Cartusiānus, from Chatrousse, name of… …
The Carthusian Order — The Carthusian Order † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carthusian Order The name is derived from the French chartreuse through the Latin cartusia, of which the English charterhouse is a corruption. For the foundation of the order see the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Denis the Carthusian — Portrait of a Carthusian by Petrus Christus possibly represents Denis the Carthusian Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471), also known as Denys van Leeuwen or Denis Ryckel, was a Roman Catholic theologian and mystic. Contents … Wikipedia
Biaroza monastery — refers to the ruins of a former Carthusian baroque Roman Catholic monastery, constructed in the seventeenth century in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth.FoundationIn the 17th century, the village of Biaroza belonged to the Sapieha, a powerful… … Wikipedia