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 Clemente López Yagüe
- Blessed Concepción Rodríguez Fernández
- Blessed Crispulo Moyano Linares
- Blessed Damián Rodríguez Pablo
- Blessed Daniel García Antón
- Blessed Daniel Mora Nine
- Blessed Daniel of Wichterich
- 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 Esteban Cuevas Casquero
- Blessed Eufrasio of the Child Jesus
- Blessed Feliciana de Uribe Orbe
- Blessed Ferran Llovera Pulgsech
- Blessed Frances d’Amboise
- Blessed Francesc Segalà Solé
MLA Citation
- “Carmelites“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 November 2018. Web. 6 March 2021. <>