St Bruno of Cologne Single Decade Rosary - Founder of the Carthusians For Sale

St Bruno of Cologne

Single Decade Rosary

Beautiful single decade rosary with a 7/8\" nickel silver St Bruno medal.The 1-3/4\" silver-toned San Damiano crucifix has one half of thePrayer of Peace by St Francis of Assisi on the back, in English. (We include acard with the full prayer plus info on the crucifix.) Both medal and crucifix were made in Italy; the chaplet itself was designed and handmade by me in our home in the USA.

All eleven beads are 8 mm, smooth, round, natural, genuine semi-precious gemstone beads.The single Our Father bead is a Green Adventurine. The ten Hail Mary beads are Leopard Jasper which is a fascinating stone with markings that resemble the coats of both large wild felines and some of our own domestic kitties.

Rosary is about 10-1/4\" long and comes gift boxed and with a carry pouch,gift bag and tissue paper, St Bruno prayer card, St Francis prayer card, San Damiano/Prayer of Peace card, How to Pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy pamphlets, and the 15 Promises of Mary card.

St Bruno was born in 1030 to a prominent family in Cologne (Germany). He was well educated in Reims, France in Theology and ordained a priest around 1055. He was an excellent educator, theologian and philosopher. During this tumultous time in Europe he was active in the Churchand fighting against a violent bishop who had no priestly vocation and laterassisting Pope Urban II in his reforms and his against the antipope Clement III. He was offered a bishopric but felt he was called to a contemplative life, and eventually with several companions, founded the Carthusian order with emphasis on a life of poverty and isolation, devoted to prayer and study. He died in 1101.Since the Carthusian Order maintains a strict observance of humility, Saint Bruno was never formally canonized,but in the year 1623 Pope Gregory XVincluded him in the German Roman Calendarfor celebration on 6 October.

The prayer cards which come with our rosaries, medalsand pictures are home-made, created using a \"greeting card\" programon a computer and printed in full color on nice quality paper. Although theyare not like the usual smaller professionally printed prayer cards, most of ourcustomers prefer them since they are like a pamphlet with 4 \"pages\"and several images, prayers, patronages and often other information about thesaint or Catholic devotion.

Visit our store where we have more religious medals, as well as our specialty - Chaplets on over300 different Saints and Catholic Devotions which come with our own beautiful handmade prayer cards.We also have religious pictures with real pressed flowers and (in season) our own organic dried herbs and potpourris.