Camaldolese

They point out that St. Romuald founded many monasteries and hermitages, and was many times surrounded by disciples before he came to Camaldoli; and they argue that in founding Camaldoli he did not intend to begin the order, but merely a new hermitage; that the order was called the Romualdine until the later years of the eleventh century, and then received the name Camaldolese, not from its origin at Camaldoli, but from the fact that the Holy Hermitage had always retained its first fervour and had been an exemplar to all other houses.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

The great Venetian map, known as the Camaldolese Chart of Fra Mauro, executed in the convent of Murano just outside Venice, is not only the crowning specimen of mediæval draughtsmanship, but the scientific review of the Prince's exploration.

Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911

Blessed Angelo Masaccio (d 1458) was of the Camaldolese Order, and finally the great Cardinal Bishop of Bologna, Albergati (d 1443), was a Carthusian.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

Blessed Angelo Masaccio (d 1458) was of the Camaldolese Order, and finally the great Cardinal Bishop of Bologna, Albergati (d 1443), was a Carthusian.

Saints in Fifteenth Century Italy 2009

As a Camaldolese monastery, it would be expected that the inspiration was similar books from the mother house.

The Birth of the Virgin 2009

From a gradual created for the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence

The Birth of the Virgin 2009

In 1391 Piero di Giovanni took his vows as a monk of the Camaldolese monastery of Sta Maria degli Angeli.

Sta Maria degli Angeli. Florence 2009

It was something of a challenge to work Pope Benedict's message for World Communications Day into a sermon about the 10th century founder of the Camaldolese but, as Basil Fawlty would say "I think I got away with it."

Archive 2009-02-01 2009

Silvestro dei Gherarducci 1339-99 illuminated works not only for Santa Maria degli Angeli but also for Paolo Venier, abbot of San Michele à Murano, a Camaldolese house in Venice.

Sta Maria degli Angeli. Florence 2009

The leaf comes from a series of choir books made for the use of the monks of Santa Maria degli Angeli, a Camaldolese monastery in Florence, of which Don Silvestro was a member.

The Birth of the Virgin 2009