We just learned about Benedict of Nursia who wrote The Rule of Saint Benedict.
Another famous monk is Bruno of Cologne.
Bruno started off as a leader in the church, but then decided that he wanted to live like a hermit, or a heremitic monk.
(from: wikipedia - bruno of cologne)
He started a monastery in the Chartreuse mountains in France with a couple of other monks living separately in log cabins.
(from: wikipedia - grande chartreuse)
His monastery became very famous and lasted a long time, and the monks there started a group called the Carthusian Order, with rules for how everyone should live, and a motto "The Cross is steady while the world is turning"
(from: wikipedia - carthusians)
Hundreds of years later, the Chartreuse monastery made a special type of drink called Chartreuse, that is green and yellow.
This drink was so well known for its green-yellow color, that the word chartreuse is now the name for a green-yellow color.
(from: wikipedia - chartreuse (liqueur))
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