St. Artaldus: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, October 07, 2025 (Tue, 07 Oct 2025)
Artaldus (also called Arthaud) was born in the castle of Sothonod in Savoy. At the age of eighteen, he went to the court of Duke Amadeus III, but a year or two after, he became a Carthusian at
Portes. After many years, being a priest and an experienced and holy religious, he was sent by the prior of the Grande Chartreuse to found a charterhouse near his home, in a valley in the Valromey
significantly called "the cemetery". Here Artaldus established himself with six of his brethren ...
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