Carmelites

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Pietro Novelli, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Carmelite Saints (Simon Stock (standing), Angelus of Jerusalem (kneeling), Mary Magdalene de'Pazzi, Teresa of Avila), 1641 (Museo Diocesano, Palermo)

The Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or Carmelites (sometimes simply Carmel; Latin: [Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a Roman Catholic religious order. It was begun in the 12th century on Mount Carmel, from which the order receives its name. St. Albert of Jerusalem gave the group its rule for life in 1206. Few clear records of early Carmelite history have survived. Women were officially accepted into the Order as nuns in 1452.

Carmelites Media

• Kznak

• The Prophet Elijah is regarded as the spiritual father of the Carmelite order

• Mont Carmel 1666.jpg

  Plan of Mount, Relief view of Mount Carmel and Haifa Bay in the 17th century

• Nahal Siah Ancient Church 1.JPG

  Ruins of the first church on the slopes of Mount Carmel

• Jerg Ratgeb - Martyrdom of the Carmelites - WGA19001.jpg

  The Martyrdom of the Carmelites marked the end of the hermit life of the Carmelites on Mount Carmel

• Nicolas Mignard-Vierge et saint Simon Stock.jpg

  The Virgin Mary presenting the Scapular to Saint Simon Stock

• חזית מנזר סטלה מאריס.jpg

  Stella Maris Monastery in Mount Carmel, Haifa

• Santa Teresa de Jesús (Museo del Prado).jpg

  Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)

• Avila - Convento de San Jose o de las Madres 03.jpg

  The Convent of Saint Joseph in Ávila (Spain) was the first foundation of the Discalced Carmelites