Origin from 1012
The Camaldolese are monastic communities within the Order of Saint Benedict tracing their origin to the hermitage founded by Saint Romuald at Camaldoli, high in the Tuscan mountains near Arezzo, around 1012, as a reform seeking to renew and integrate the eremitical tradition of monastic life with communal life. Romuald, who lived from about 950 to 1025, had encountered the major Western monastic schools of his time before founding the Sacred Hermitage of Camaldoli, where monks lived in individual cells while sharing communal religious practices, and the order received papal approval from Pope Alexander II in 1072. Two distinct institutes carry on the tradition today, the Camaldolese Benedictine Congregation and the Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona, the latter established in 1523 by Paul Giustiniani, with communities for both men and women across multiple continents.
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Kind of orderCatholic Religious Orders and Congregations 1 ApostolateContemplative or Monastic Prayer 1 Who may join Who may joinLay and Ordained Together 2 Origins
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Source Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Camaldolese
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The term Camaldolese, in the context of Catholic institutes of consecrated life of pontifical right, refers to institutes tracing their origin to the Holy Hermitage (Italian: Sacro Eremo) fo
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The two extant institutes are the Camaldolese Benedictine Congregation-a component of the Benedictine Confederation whose members use the postnominals OSB Cam., and the Camadolese Hermits of Mount Corona (Latin: Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae), whose members use the postnominals ECMC.
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The term Camaldolese, in the context of Catholic institutes of consecrated life of pontifical right, refers to institutes tracing their origin to the Holy Hermitage (Italian: Sacro Eremo) founded by St. Romuald in Camaldoli, high in the mountains of Tuscany, Italy, near the city of Arezzo.
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Wikidata Q591832, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Camaldolese
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St. Romuald arrived in the Diocese of Arezzo seeking place for a new hermitage
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