Saint Bruno

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A German priest who started the Carthusian order of monks in 1084 and is honored as a saint

proper noun

: San Bruno

Saint Bruno founded the Carthusian order of monks in the eleventh century.

Examples

Many Catholics honor Saint Bruno on his feast day, October 6th.
Saint Bruno founded the Carthusian order in 1084, significantly influencing monastic life.
The life of Saint Bruno is often discussed in lectures on monasticism.
The church celebrates the feast of Saint Bruno each October.
Many people admire Saint Bruno for his dedication to monastic life.
On October 6th, Catholics remember Saint Bruno and his contributions to the Church.
In many religious studies, Saint Bruno is noted for establishing a unique monastic community.

Surface Forms

Saint Bruno main

Morphology

saint + Bruno

The phrase is a straightforward title: combining 'saint' (a person recognized for holiness) with the proper name 'Bruno' yields the simple meaning 'a saint named Bruno.' Proper names don’t carry extra lexical semantic content, but the composition (title + name) is cross-linguistically regular and immediately understandable to learners who know both constituents, even if they lack historical details.

Etymology

Saint Bruno was a German-born priest who, in 1084, left public life to start a very quiet order of monks in the mountains. He was later honoured as a 'saint', so the name Saint Bruno refers to the religious founder known for a life of silence and prayer.