A member of the Camaldolese monastic order, or relating to this order founded in Italy around 1000 CE.
From Camaldoli, the monastery in Tuscany where the order was established by Saint Romuald. The -ese suffix means 'of or from (a place),' commonly used for religious orders and national groups.
The Camaldolese wrote some of the most beautiful medieval manuscripts and invented a unique monastic lifestyle that influenced later orders—but many people have never heard of them because they stayed in their mountain monasteries rather than doing missionary work.
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