Camaldolese

Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona^[1]

Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae (Latin)[2]
Camaldolese Priory of Bielany in Kraków, Poland
Abbreviation	Post-nominal letters: E.C.M.C.
Formation	1025; 999 years ago (1025)[1]
Founder	Saint Romuald
Founded at	Camaldoli, Italy
Type	Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)[1]
Headquarters	Sacro Eremo Tuscolano, 00040 Monteporzio Catone, Italy[1]
Membership	67 members (35 priests) as of 2018[1]
Father Major	Fr. Emir José Castillo Zárate, ECMC[3]
Nickname	Camaldolese
Affiliations	Catholic Church
Website	www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dqecm.html[4]

The Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona (Latin: Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae), commonly called Camaldolese, is a monastic order of Pontifical Right for men founded by Saint Romuald. Its name is derived from the Holy Hermitage (Italian: Sacro Eremo) of Camaldoli, high in the mountains of central Italy, near the city of Arezzo. Its members add the nominal letters E.C.M.C. after their names to indicate their membership in the congregation. Apart from the Roman Catholic monasteries, in recent times ecumenical Christian hermitages with a Camaldolese spirituality have arisen as well.