Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal

LETTER III.

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Cloisters of extraordinary dimensions.--Cells of the Monks.--Severity of the order.--Death-like calm.--The great Chapel.--Its interior.--Marvellous events relating to St. Bruno.--Retire to my cell.--Strange writings of St. Bruno.--Sketch of his Life.--Appalling occurrence.--Vision of the Bishop of Grenoble.--First institution of the Carthusian order.--Death of St. Bruno.--His translation. 324