Carthusian Saints (PDF) - Charterhouse of the Transfiguration

After a moment of discouragement, his former companions in the
diocese of Grenoble had resumed their life at Chartreuse. They
needed guidance from Bruno, their founder. In 1099 their Prior Landuin
made the long journey to Calabria to confer with him. The letter
for the community that Bruno sent back with Landuin is a marvelous
example of spiritual wisdom.
“Master Bruno” was renowned for his religious fervor and his
learning, a model of virtue, dignity and maturity. Guigo, his fourth
successor as Prior of the Grande Chartreuse, called him “a man of understanding
heart”. An exceptional goodness radiated from him, and
Goodness was the trait above all that Bruno is said to have loved to
contemplate and praise in God. Hence his favorite exclamation was O
Bonitas! (‘O Goodness of God’).
Bruno died October 6, 1101, and his disciple Lanuin succeeded
him as superior in Calabria. In 1510, Pope Leo X declared Bruno a
Saint by ‘equipollent’ canonization. (3) The day of his death, October
6, is the date of his feast in the calendar of the Universal Church.
Prayer
All-powerful, eternal God, You prepare dwelling places in
heaven for those who renounce the world. Through the
intercession of our founder, Saint Bruno, may we faithfully
fulfill the obligations of our monastic consecration,
and thereby be enabled to attain those things which You
have promised to all who persevere in Your love.
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