Defended Pope Alexander III against the antipope Victor IV
Anthelm was born in 1107 near Chambéry, France.
He was a good and generous man, but more materialistic than a priest ought to be.
His eyes being opened to this spiritual defect while visiting the Charterhouse of Portes, he underwent an interior conversion.
Requesting admission to the order, he was vested in the habit of St. Bruno in 1137.
Only two years after joining the order, he became the seventh Prior of the Grande Chartreuse. His growing reputation for wisdom and holiness attracted many to the order, including his own father and brother.
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