Camaldolese

Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona
Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae (Latin)
AbbreviationPost-nominal letters: E.C.M.C.
Formation1025 (1025)
FounderSaint Romuald
Founded atCamaldoli, Italy
TypeMonastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)
HeadquartersSacro Eremo Tuscolano, 00040 Monteporzio Catone, Italy
Membership67 members (35 priests) as of 2018
Father Major
Fr. Emir José Castillo Zárate, ECMC
Nickname
Camaldolese
AffiliationsCatholic Church
Websitewww.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dqecm.html

The Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona (Latin: Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae) are a Catholic monastic order of pontifical right for men founded by St. Romuald. Its name is derived from the Holy Hermitage (Italian: Sacro Eremo) in Camaldoli, high in the mountains of Tuscany, Italy, near the city of Arezzo. Members of that community add the postnominal letters ECMC after their names. A second community, the Benedictine Camaldolese, are also based at Camaldoli and add the postnominals OSB Cam. Apart from the Catholic monasteries, ecumenical Christian hermitages with a Camaldolese spirituality have arisen as well.