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Definition of Saint Bruno
1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101).
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Churchman, Cleric, Divine, Ecclesiastic, Saint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Bruno
Literary usage of Saint Bruno
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Romance of the French Abbeys by Elizabeth Williams Champney (1905)
"CHAPTER IX THE FLAGEOLET OF Saint Bruno A LEGEND OF LA GRANDE CHARTREUSE I Knock;
pass the wicket! Thou art come To the Carthusians' world-famed home, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"CARTHUSIANS, an order of monks in the Roman Catholic Church founded in 1084 by
Saint Bruno (qv), a priest of the diocese of Rheims and principal of the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... 1883); Vie de Saint Bruno, par un religieux de la Grande
Chartreuse (Montreuil-sur-Mer, 1898); ..."
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