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Here you find tourist information about Collepardo, at the foot of Monti Ernici, in which territory you find the Carthusian Monastery of Trisulti
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Carthusian Monastery of Trisulti
Where nature and monstilc life meet: the Carthusian Monastery of Trisulti is a secret place to be discovered dipped into Ciociaria region
Monastic life was started at Trisulti, situated at the foot of Mt. Rotonario, in the territory of Collepardo, diocese of Alatri, by St.Dominic of Foligno, a great reformer and founder of Benedictine abbeys in southern Latium. In the year 1000, he built a magnificent monastery, which we can still admire, despite the collapse of the central part (the church and chapterhouse). After two centuries of Benedictine life, Pope Innocent III decreed in 1204 that the abbey and its possessions should pass to the Carthusians, who sent four laybrothers with the task of building a new monastery suitable for their kind of monastic life and safe from rockfalls.
The construction of the charterhouse was carried out very close to the old abbey. The official installation took place on September 25th, 1208, with monks coming from the charterhouse of Casotto. On July 17th, 1211, the new church was consecrated and dedicated to the apostle St. Bartholomew, again by Pope Innocent III, who, as a sign of his benevolence towards the monks, had a palace built for himself in the surroundings. This building was restored in 1958 and is still called by his name. A number of changes in the course of time have masked the charterhouse's original appearance. Since 1947 the monastery has been inhabited and looked after by the Cistercians of Casamari who carry on a holy witness by their life interwoven with work and prayer. The small group of monks, a simple priory directly dependent on the abbey of Casamari, gave life to the old charterhouse, welcoming tourists and, above all, offering their services to parish priests in the neighbourhood.
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