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32 saints and blesseds associated with the Carthusian order.

Blessed Arnold Of Geertruidenberg

Blessed Arnold Of Geertruidenberg

Feast: June 1

Blessed Arnold of Geertruidenberg, also known as Arnoldus, was a Carthusian monk who resided in the Capella Monastery located in Belgium. Although specific details about his birth, death, and...

Blessed Artaldo Of Belley

Blessed Artaldo Of Belley

Feast: October 6

Blessed Artaldo of Belley, also known as Artaldus, Artaud, Arthaud, Arthold, Artholdus, and Artoldo, was born around 1101 in the Sothonod castle in Ain, France. Little is known about his early life,...

Blessed Boniface Of Canterbury

Blessed Boniface Of Canterbury

Feast: July 14

Blessed Boniface of Canterbury, also known as Boniface of Belley, was born around 1207 near Sainte-Hélène-du-Luc in the Savoy region of modern France. He came from the noble Ducal House of Savoy and...

Blessed Claude Beguignot

Blessed Claude Beguignot

Feast: July 16

Blessed Claude Beguignot, also known as Claude-François du Domini, was a Carthusian priest who was born on 19 September 1736 in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. He dedicated his life to serving God and...

Blessed Humphrey Middlemore

Blessed Humphrey Middlemore

Feast: June 19

Blessed Humphrey Middlemore was a devout Carthusian monk at the London Charterhouse during the tumultuous period of King Henry VIII's reign in England. Born in an unknown year, little is known about...

Blessed James Walworth

Blessed James Walworth

Feast: May 11

Blessed James Walworth, also known as Bl. James Walworth, was an English Carthusian priest and choir monk who resided at the London Charterhouse. Born in England, not much is known about his early...

Blessed Jean d’Espagne

Feast: June 25

Blessed Jean d’Espagne , Carthusian monk In the Charterhouse of Le Réposoir in Burgundy, in present-day France, Blessed Jean d’Espagne , monk, who wrote the statutes for the nuns of the Carthusian...

Blessed John Davy

Blessed John Davy

Feast: June 8

Blessed John Davy, also known as John Davies, was a devout Carthusian deacon and choir monk at the Charterhouse in London, England during the tumultuous period of the English Reformation. He is...

Blessed John Rochester

Blessed John Rochester

Feast: May 11

Blessed James Walworth, also known as Bl. James Walworth, was an English Carthusian priest and choir monk who resided at the London Charterhouse. Born in England, not much is known about his early...

Blessed John The Spaniard

Blessed John The Spaniard

Feast: June 25

Blessed John The Spaniard, also known as John of Spain, was born in 1123 in Almanza, Spain. As a young boy, he migrated to France and settled in Arles. It was in Arles that John began his studies,...

Blessed Lanuino

Feast: April 11

Blessed Lanuino , Carthusian monk In Calabria, Blessed Lanuino , who was a companion of Saint Bruno and his successor, an illustrious interpreter of the founder’s spirit in establishing the...

Blessed Lanunio

Blessed Lanunio

Feast: April 11

Blessed Lanunio, also known as Landwin, Landoninus, Landulnus, Landwinus, Lanuino, Lanuinus, Lanvinus, and Lauduinus, was a hermit who resided at Santa Maria della Torre in the Diocese of Squillace,...

Blessed Lazare Tiersot

Blessed Lazare Tiersot

Feast: August 10

Blessed Lazare Tiersot was born on 29 March 1739 in Semur-en-Auxois, in the Diocese of Sens-Auxerre, Cåte-d’Or, France. He joined the Carthusians on 18 December 1769 and became a member of the...

Blessed Nicholas Albergati

Blessed Nicholas Albergati

Feast: May 10

Blessed Nicholas Albergati, also known as Niccolú or Nicolú, was born in 1373 in Bologna, Italy. He pursued a legal education and became deeply interested in religious life and contemplation. In...

Blessed Oddone di Novara

Feast: January 14

Blessed Oddone di Novara , Carthusian priest At Tagliacozzo in Abruzzo, Blessed Oddone di Novara , priest of the Carthusian Order...

Blessed Robert Salt

Blessed Robert Salt

Feast: June 9

Blessed Robert Salt, also known as Blessed Robert Salt the Carthusian, was born in England and became a devout Carthusian lay brother. Despite his relatively unknown personal background, his...

Blessed Thomas Green

Blessed Thomas Green

Feast: June 10

Blessed Thomas Green, also known as Thomas Greenwood, was a renowned Carthusian choir monk of the Charterhouse in London, England. He was born in an unknown date and dedicated his life to the...

Blessed Thomas Johnson

Blessed Thomas Johnson

Feast: September 20

Blessed Thomas Johnson, also known as Thomas of London, was a devout Carthusian choir monk of the Charterhouse in London, England. He was born in an unknown date, yet his life and actions have left...

Blessed Thomas Redyng

Blessed Thomas Redyng

Feast: June 16

Blessed Thomas Redyng, also known as Thomas Reding, was a renowned Carthusian choir monk of the Charterhouse in London, England. Born in an unknown date and place, Thomas dedicated his life to the...

Blessed Thomas Scryven

Blessed Thomas Scryven

Feast: June 15

Blessed Thomas Scryven, also known as Thomas Scriven, was a devout Carthusian choir monk of the Charterhouse in London, England. Little is known about his early life, including details of his birth...

Blessed Umberto Di Miribel

Blessed Umberto Di Miribel

Feast: April 27

Blessed Umberto Di Miribel, also known as Umberto of Valence, was a renowned Carthusian monk and bishop. He was born in an unknown date and location, keeping his early life shrouded in mystery....

Blessed Walter Pierson

Blessed Walter Pierson

Feast: June 10

Blessed Walter Pierson, also known as Walter Pearson, was a devout Carthusian lay brother who resided in the London Charterhouse during the tumultuous period of the English Reformation. While...

Blessed William Exmew

Blessed William Exmew

Feast: June 19

Blessed William Exmew, a devoted Carthusian monk and classical scholar, dedicated his life to faith and monastic service. Born in England, he distinguished himself as a noted classical scholar during...

Blessed William Greenwood

Blessed William Greenwood

Feast: June 6

Blessed William Greenwood was an English lay brother who lived during the time of King Henry VIII's reign. He was a devoted member of the Carthusian religious order at the London...

Blessed William Horne

Blessed William Horne

Feast: August 4

Blessed William Horne, also known as William Horn or William Horne, was a devout Carthusian lay brother and a resident of the Charterhouse in London, England during the reign of King Henry VIII. He...

Blessed William Of Fenoli

Blessed William Of Fenoli

Feast: December 19

Blessed William of Fenoli, also known as Guglielmo or Gulielmus, was a hermit in the Torre Mondovi region and a Carthusian lay-brother at the Charterhouse of Casularum, Lombardy, Italy. He was born...

Carthusian Martyrs

Carthusian Martyrs

Feast: May 4

Martyr

The Carthusian Martyrs were a group of devout Carthusian monks who bravely stood up for their faith during a tumultuous period in English history. Their unwavering commitment to Catholicism and...

Saint Augustine Webster

Saint Augustine Webster

Feast: May 4

Saint Augustine Webster was an esteemed Catholic figure who dedicated his life to education and priesthood. Born in England, he pursued his studies at Cambridge University, where he obtained a...

Saint Hugh

Feast: November 17

The vocation of the bishop is one of immense burden, often requiring a surrender of the very solitude that defines the religious life. For the Carthusian monk known as Hugh, this transition defined...

Saint John Houghton

Saint John Houghton

Feast: May 4

Saint John Houghton, also known as Saint John Houghton of London, was born in 1487 in Essex, England. He received a comprehensive education and graduated from Cambridge University with degrees in...

Saint Odo of Novara

Saint Odo of Novara

Feast: January 14

Saint Odo of Novara, also known as Odon, Oddo, or Oddone, was a Carthusian monk and priest. Born around 1105 in Novara, Italy, little is known about his early life and family background. However, it...

Saint Robert Lawrence

Saint Robert Lawrence

Feast: May 4

Saint Robert Lawrence, also known as Robert Laurence, was a renowned Carthusian monk and priest who dedicated his life to the service of God. He served as the Prior of the Carthusian charterhouse of...