Overview

• The Christian saint calendar for Monday, October 6, 2025, highlights Saint Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Carthusian Order.
• Bruno left Reims with six companions in the early 1080s, met Bishop Hugh of Grenoble, and chose the Chartreuse massif for a life of contemplation.
• The Carthusian rule emphasizes solitude and silence, with monks living in individual cells and assembling only for specific offices.
• In 1090 Pope Urban II enlisted Bruno for work tied to the Gregorian Reform before he resumed a hermit’s life in Calabria, where he died in 1101.
• The listing also notes Artald of Arvières, Faith of Agen, Francisco Tran Van Trung, John Xenos, Magnus of Venice, Pardulf of Guéret, Renatus of Sorrento, and Romanus of Auxerre, and explains Spain’s onomástica tradition linking name days to saints.