Carthusian Saints (PDF) - Charterhouse of the Transfiguration

ity. He left the solitude of his cell only to celebrate Mass or hear confession.
For the nuns, he was exactly the holy chaplain and confessor
they had thought he would be.
The situation lasted for ten years or so until his death, January
14, 1200. The old monk, transformed in Christ, had already done
some miracles in his lifetime but did even more so after his death.
Forty years after his death there was a movement to have him canonized,
but Pope Gregory IX, who had been interested, died. In consequence
of this the cause fell into oblivion, but not the devotion of the
faithful. In 1859 Blessed Pius IX confirmed the cult of which Odo
since time immemorial had been the object. The Carthusians celebrate
him on October 13, together with other Saints of the Order.
Prayer
Lord, as we celebrate the feast of Blessed Odo, grant us
to contemplate Your glory. By persevering faithfully on
our way through life may we be rewarded by beholding
You in the heavenly homeland.
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SAINT ROSALINE OF VILLENEUVE, VIRGIN
- FRANCE -
(JUNE 11, 1328)
Rosaline belonged to the noble Southern French family of the ‘de
Villeneuve’, which still exists today. She was born in 1263. When the
Bishop of Fréjus gave her the sacrament of confirmation in 1270 in
the chapel of the family castle, a supernatural light seemed to envelop
the child. At a very young age she made a private vow of virginity.
She loved more than anything else to take care of the poor, distributing
generously from the family provisions, which alarmed the servants
of the castle. Once, after having filled her skirt with bread,
Rosaline was on her way to the poor grouped together at the doors of
the castle. She was suddenly stopped by her father who asked her
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