Carmelites
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Formally the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. An ancient order which venerates as its founder Elijah the Prophet, who lived nine centuries before Our Lord Jesus Christ. Its Elian traditions, though contested by several modern critics, have nevertheless been approved by the Church, who in the Office for his a feast has allowed the Order to call him its founder, and has placed his statue in the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome, Italy, among those of the founders of Religious Orders, with the following inscription
Universus Ordo Carmelitarum Fundatori Suo San Elire
( = The Entire Order of Carmel to its Founder, Saint Elias)This religious family, thus founded under the Old Law, continued to exist under the New, and eventually spread from Asia into Europe. Established historical records of the Order date back to the 12th century; the Rule it now observes is that given by Saint Albert, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 1206, to the Hermits of Mount Carmel in Palestine. In 1432 this same Rule was mitigated by Pope Eugenius IV. The 16th century is memorable for the great reformation introduced into this Order by the Saint Teresa of Avila, and Saint John of the Cross. Since that time the Order has been divided into two branches
- Calced Carmelites, who observe the Rule as mitigated by Pope Eugenius IV
- Discalced Carmelites, who keep the Primitive Rule of Saint Albert of Jerusalem, without any mitigation
Profiled Carmelites
- Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho
- Bishop Filippo Iannone
- Blessed Adalberto Vicente y Vicente
- Blessed Agueda Hernández Amorós
- Blessed Alfons Arimany Ferrer
- Blessed Alfons Maria Mazurek
- Blessed Aloysius Luis Rabata
- Blessed Àngel Prat Hostench
- Blessed Àngel Presta Batllé
- Blessed Angelique Roussel
- Blessed Angelo Reguilón Lobato
- Blessed Angelus Agostini Mazzinghi
- Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew
- Blessed Anne Pelras
- Blessed Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret
- Blessed Antoni Bonet Sero
- Blessed Antoni Bosch Verdura
- Blessed Antonia Gosens Sáez De Ibarra
- Blessed Antonio Ayet Canós
- Blessed Antonio María Martín Povea
- Blessed Apolonia Lizárraga Ochoa de Zabalegui
- Blessed Ascensión Lloret Marcos
- Blessed Aurelio García Anton
- Blessed Avertano of Lucca
- Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua
- Blessed Bonaventura Toldrà Rodon
- Blessed Cándida Cayuso González
- Blessed Carles Barrufet Tost
- Blessed Clara Ezcurra Urrutia
- Blessed Concepción Rodríguez Fernández
- Blessed Crispulo Moyano Linares
- Blessed Damián Rodríguez Pablo
- Blessed Daniel García Antón
- Blessed Daría Campillo Paniagua
- Blessed Denis of the Nativity
- Blessed Élisabeth-Julitte Vérolot
- Blessed Eliseo Maneus Besalduch
- Blessed Eliseo María Camargo Montes
- Blessed Elvira Moragas Cantarero
- Blessed Elvira Torrentallé Paraire
- Blessed Erundina Colino Vega
- Blessed Eufrasio of the Child Jesus
- Blessed Feliciana de Uribe Orbe
- Blessed Ferran Llovera Pulgsech
- Blessed Frances d’Amboise
- Blessed Francesco Paoli
- Blessed Francis Palau y Quer
- Blessed Francisca de Amézua Ibaibarriaga
- Blessed Francisca Pons Sarda
- Blessed Francisco Marco Alemán
- Blessed Francisco Pérez y Pérez
- Blessed Franco of Siena
- Blessed Gabriel Escoto Ruiz
- Blessed George Halley
- Blessed Ginés Garre Egea
- Blessed Giuseppina Catanea
- Blessed Gregorio Sánchez Sancho
- Blessed Isidre Tarsá Giribets
- Blessed Jacobinus de Canepaci
- Blessed Jacques Gagnot
- Blessed Jacques Retouret
- Blessed Jaime Gascón Bordas
- Blessed Jaime María Carretero Rojas
- Blessed James of Luino
- Blessed Jane of Toulouse
- Blessed Jane Scopelli
- Blessed Jaume Balcells Grau
- Blessed Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil
- Blessed Joan Maria Puigmitjà Rubió
- Blessed Joan Páfila Monllaó
- Blessed Joan Prat Colldecarrera
- Blessed John Baptist Spagnuolo
- Blessed John Soreth
- Blessed José Alberich Lluch
- Blessed José María González Delgado
- Blessed José María Mateos Carballido
- Blessed José María Ruiz Cardeñosa
- Blessed José Sánchez Rodríguez
- Blessed Josefa Naval Girbes
- Blessed Josep Guillamí Rodo
- Blessed Josep Lluis Raga Nadal
- Blessed Josep Maria Masip Tamarit
- Blessed Josep Solé Rovira
- Blessed Josep Tristany Pujol
- Blessed Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Aldaz
- Blessed Juan Durán Cintas
- Blessed Julio Alameda Camarero
- Blessed Justa Maiza Goicoechea
- Blessed Lluís Domingo Oliva
- Blessed Lluis Fontdecava Quiroga
- Blessed Manuel Serrano Buj
- Blessed Maria Angeles of Saint Joseph
- Blessed Maria Calaf Miracle
- Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist
- Blessed María Concepción Odriozola Zabalía
- Blessed María Consuelo Cuñado González
- Blessed Maria Crocifissa Curcio
- Blessed María de Las Nieves Crespo López
- Blessed Maria de Puiggraciós Badia Flaquer
- Blessed María del Tránsito de Jesús Sacramentado
- Blessed María Desamparados Giner Sixta
- Blessed María Dolores Vidal Cervera
- Blessed María Felicia Guggiari Echeverria
- Blessed María Josefa del Río Messa
- Blessed María López de Rivas Martínez
- Blessed Maria Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia
- Blessed Maria Roqueta Serra
- Blessed Maria Teresa of Jesus
- Blessed Mariano Alarcón Ruiz
- Blessed Marie Dufour
- Blessed Marie Hanniset
- Blessed Marie of the Incarnation
- Blessed Marie-Anne Piedcourt
- Blessed Marie-Anne-Françoise Brideau
- Blessed Marie-Claude-Cyprienne Brard
- Blessed Marie-Françoise de Croissy
- Blessed Marie-Gabrielle Trezel
- Blessed Marie-Geneviève Meunier
- Blessed Marie-Madeleine-Claudine Lidoine
- Blessed Mary Fontanella
- Blessed Michel-Louis Brulard
- Blessed Miquel Soler Sala
- Blessed Niceta Plaja Xifra
- Blessed Nicomedes Andrés Vecilla
- Blessed Paula Isla Alonso
- Blessed Pawel Januszewski
- Blessed Pedro de Eriz Eguiluz
- Blessed Pedro Velasco Narbona
- Blessed Pere Dorca Coromina
- Blessed Pere Ferrer Marín
- Blessed Peter Thomas
- Blessed Purificación Ximénez y Ximénez
- Blessed Ramón María Pérez Sousa
- Blessed Redemptorus of the Cross
- Blessed Ricard Farré Masip
- Blessed Romeo of Limoges
- Blessed Rosa Pedret Rull
- Blessed Rose-Chretien de Neuville
- Blessed Silvano Villanueva González
- Blessed Teresa Chambó Palet
- Blessed Teresa Maria of the Cross
- Blessed Teresa of the Child Jesus and of Saint John of the Cross
- Blessed Teresa Subirà Sanjaume
- Blessed Titus Brandsma
- Blessed Vicenta Achurra Gogenola
- Blessed Vicente de Paúl Canelles Vives
- Blesssed Pedro de Alcantara de Forton de Cascajares
- Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne
- Father Agostino Bartolini
- Father Avertan Fenech
- Father Elia Carbonaro
- Martyred Carmelite Sisters of Charity
- Martyred Carmelite Sisters of Valencia
- Martyred Carmelites of Carabanchel Bajo
- Martyrs of Lleida
- Saint Albert of Sicily
- Saint Andrew Corsini
- Saint Angela of the Cross Guerrero
- Saint Angelus of Jerusalem
- Saint Brocard
- Saint Cyril of Constantinople
- Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity
- Saint Eufrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Eluvathingal
- Saint Joaquina Vedruna Vidal de Mas
- Saint John of the Cross
- Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara
- Saint María Maravillas de Jesús
- Saint Mary Magdalen of Pazzi
- Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified
- Saint Nuño de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira
- Saint Raphael Kalinowski
- Saint Simon Stock
- Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
- Saint Teresa Margaret Redi
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- Saint Teresa of the Andes
- Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
- Servant of God Jean-Thierry Ebogo
- Sister Arcàngela Badosa-Cuatrecasas
- Sister Catalina Balmaseda Sanmartín
- Sister Lúcia dos Santos
- Venerable Adalberto Vicente y Vicente
- Venerable Amalia Streitel
- Venerable Ana de Lobera Torres
- Venerable Angelo Reguilón Lobato
- Venerable Aureliano of the Blessed Sacrament
- Venerable Aurelio García Anton
- Venerable Bridget Teresa McCrory
- Venerable Carme Badosa Cuatrecasas
- Venerable Daniel García Antón
- Venerable Francesc Segalà Solé
- Venerable Francisco of the Child Jesus
- Venerable Francisco Pérez y Pérez
- Venerable Henri Grialou
- Venerable Jaume Perucho Fontarro
- Venerable Joan Vilaregut Farré
- Venerable José Sánchez Rodríguez
- Venerable Josep Olivé Vivó
- Venerable Juan Vicente of Jesus and Mary
- Venerable Lliberada Ferrarons-Vivés
- Venerable María Antonia Pereira Andrade
- Venerable Marton Boldizsár
- Venerable Nicomedes Andrés Vecilla
- Venerable Silvano Villanueva González
- Venerable Teresa Toda Juncosa
- Venerable Zacarías Salterain-Bizkarra
MLA Citation
- “Carmelites“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 November 2018. Web. 6 December 2019. <>