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The Camaldolese are part of the Benedictine family of Monastic Orders founded by St. Benedict Of Nursia in the sixth century. They form the '''Camaldolese congregation''' within the Benedictine Confederation . The Camaldolese branch was established through the efforts of the Italian monk Saint Romuald at the start of the second millennium. His reform sought to renew and integrate the solitary dimension of monastic life. Nearly a thousand years ago, Saint Romuald founded the Sacred Hermitage of Camaldoli, high in the mountains of central Italy , near the city of Arezzo . There are Camaldolese hermitages and monasteries throughout Italy. The most ancient is the urban monastery originally established by Saint Gregory The Great in the heart of Rome in the sixth century. The order is currently divided into two autonomous congregrations. The one headquarted at Camaldoli maintains a mix of monasteries and hermitages among the communities of men. The other which did not aggregate itself to the Benedictines, known as the Congregation Of Monte Corona , was established by the Renaissance reformer, Saint Paul Giustiniani . This group lives solely in hermitages, usually with a very small number of monks comprising the community. The Camaldolese order extended its influence to the United States in 1958 , with the founding of Immaculate Heart Hermitage (New Camaldoli) in the Santa Lucia mountains of Big Sur , California . It was joined in 1959 by Holy Family Hermitage, Bloomingdale, Ohio , belonging to the monks of Monte Corona. Additional U.S. Camaldolese monasteries are Incarnation Monastery in Berkeley, California , and Transfiguration Monastery, for women, located in Windsor, New York . There are also Camaldolese communities in Poland , France , India , Brazil , Colombia (Monte Corona) and Tanzania . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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