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Carthusian Order

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Also known as OCarth, Carthusians, O.Cart., O.Cart, OCart

thumb|right|upright=0.9|Painting by Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) depicting the founder of the Carthusians, [[Bruno of Cologne (), revering Mary, mother of Jesus and adoring the Christ Child, with Hugh of Lincoln (1135–1200) looking on in the background.]]

Key facts

Organization.name
Order of Carthusians
Organization.native_name
Ordo Cartusiensis
Organization.native_name_lang
la
Organization.image
Carthusian coat of arms-2006 11 30 murraybuckley.svg
Organization.size
100px
Organization.founder
Bruno of Cologne
Organization.headquarters
Grande Chartreuse (Mother House)
Organization.founding_location
France
Organization.type
Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)
Organization.membership
About 380
Organization.leader_title3
Post-nominal letters
Organization.leader_name3
O.Cart.

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Wikidata facts

Headquarters
Grande Chartreuse
Official website
www.vocatiochartreux.org
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Commons category
Carthusian Order
Commons gallery
Carthusian
topic's main category
Category:Carthusian Order
inception
1084-00-00
P8168
Izabal
OpenStreetMap tag
community=OCart
short name
O.Cart.
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Carthusians in Britain
  • Charterhouse
  • Musical practice
  • Choirmonks
  • Lay brothers
  • Modern Carthusians
  • Liturgy
  • Formation
  • Saints, blesseds, and other holy people
  • Notable Carthusians
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|right|upright=0.9|Painting by Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) depicting the founder of the Carthusians, [[Bruno of Cologne (), revering Mary, mother of Jesus and adoring the Christ Child, with Hugh of Lincoln (1135–1200) looking on in the background.]]

The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians (), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its own rule, called the Statutes, and their life combines both eremitical and cenobitic monasticism. The motto of the Carthusians is , Latin for "The Cross is steady while the world turns." The Carthusians retain a unique form of liturgy known as the Carthusian Rite.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carthusian Order” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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