Saint Anthelm
- Memorial
- 26 June
- Profile
- Born to the nobility.
Priest.
He got caught up in Church politics, and sought ecclesiastical positions to increase his power and authority rather than ability to serve.
A visit to the Carthusians at Portes changed his view of his vocation, and he felt drawn to the monastic life.
At age thirty, Anthelm renounced his offices, and retired to the Carthusian monastery.
Within two years he was prior of the mother house at Grande Chartreuse; the monastery flourished and increased in both numbers and holiness.
Several years later, Anthelm retired to solitude at Portes.
Within months he was asked to serve as prior of the community there.
Two years later Anthelm retired to Grande Chartreuse, but was recalled to help mend a schism between King Henry II and Thomas a Becket in England.
Bishop of Belley and was so beloved that the town was briefly known as Anthelmopolis.
- Born
- 1105 at Savoy
- Died
- 1178
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