Carthusians
Founded, in 1086, by St. Bruno, of Cologne, who, with six
companions, retired to the solitude of La Chartreuse, near Grenoble, in
Vienne.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Carthusians from Fact Monster:
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- Grande Chartreuse - Chartreuse, Grande Chartreuse, Grande , mountainous massif, Isère dept., SE France, in the ...
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