Venerable Guigo
Prior of the Grande Chartreuse in the 12th century, Guigues was the author of the first statutes of the Order of Saint B…
Historical figure
Saint Bruno
fondateur des Chartreux
5 saints linked
Saint Hugh of Grenoble
Bishop of Grenoble for fifty-two years, Hugh was a zealous reformer who fought against simony and corruption. He is famo…
Blessed Odo of Novara
A Carthusian monk originally from Novara, Oddo became an abbot before resigning his position to Pope Clement III to retu…
Saint Stephen of Bourg
A canon of Saint-Ruf in Valence, Étienne de Bourg joined Saint Bruno to found the Carthusian Order in 1084. After thirty…
Saint Wolfgang of Pfullingen
A Benedictine monk who became Bishop of Regensburg in the 10th century, Wolfgang distinguished himself by his apostolic …