66 Marguerite D'Oingt

Marguerite D'Oingt

With Marguerite d’Oingt, we are introduced to Carthusian spirituality, which draws its inspiration from the evangelical synthesis lived and proposed by St. Bruno. We do not know the date of her birth, although some place it around 1240. Marguerite came from a powerful family of the old nobility of Lyons, the Oingt. We know that her mother was also called Marguerite, that she had two brothers - Giscard and Louis - and three sisters: Catherine, Elizabeth, and Agnes. The latter followed her to the Carthusian monastery, succeeding her as prioress…

Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI