Wednesday, October 6, 2010

St. Bruno

St. Bruno was the founder of the Carthusian Order of monks. He lived in the 11th century, and he was the mentor of Pope Urban II. A bishop had a vision of him and six other monks under a chaplet of seven stars, and as a result of the vision provided them with land on which they could build a monastery. As a result, Bruno is often depicted with seven stars above his head. He is also inexplicably (as far as I have been able to research, anyway) shown with a skull in his hand. I have no idea what this means. But that's how you can tell it's Bruno - he's holding a skull. Here's the statue of him in St. Peter's Basilica:


So, skulls and stars. My top today is glittery on the pattern, so that's serving as my "stars" part. And I'm wearing my memento mori earrings with the skeletons on them which are the "skulls" part. So, here's my St. Bruno outfit:

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