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unusual facts about Carthusian Order



Gorgona Abbey

By the 14th century the monastery had entered a decline, and in 1373 was granted to the Carthusians of Pisa Charterhouse by Pope Gregory XI, under the influence of Saint Catherine of Siena.

Ingeborg Tott

She also took an interest in religion and in the order of the Carmelites; she benefited the Carmelite convent of Varberg, founded by her father, and supported the foundation of the first convent of the Carthusian Order in Sweden, the Carthusian convent of Mariefred (1493).


see also

Perth Charterhouse

The Carthusian Order had its origin in the 11th century at La Grande Chartreuse in the Alps; Carthusian houses were small, and limited in number.