St. Berthold
Berthold of Mount Carmel
Feast day: March 29
Born at Limoges, France
Death: 1195
Considered by some historians to be the founder of the Carmelite Order.
Born at Limoges, France; died
. 1195. Saint Berthold studied and was ordained in Paris. He went on the Crusades with Aymeric (Albert), his brother, and was in Antioch during its siege by the Saracens. During the siege Berthold had a vision of Christ denouncing the evil ways of the Christian soldiers. Thereafter, he labored to reform his fellows. He organized them and became superior of a group of hermits on Mount Carmel. Eventually Aymeric became the Latin patriarch of Antioch and appointed his brother superior general of the monks, gave them their rule, and, thus, is considered by some to be the founder of the Carmelites. He ruled there for 45 years.
The Carmelite Order may actually have survived because of a forgery. This was necessary because no new orders were permitted. When the Bollandists in the 17th century pointed to Saint Berthold as the founder of the order in 1155, a monk 'discovered' a document 'proving' that the Carmelites were founded by the prophet Elijah
Berthold of Mount CarmelFeast day: March 29
Born at Limoges, France
Death: 1195
Considered by some historians to be the founder of the Carmelite Order.
Born at Limoges, France; died
. 1195. Saint Berthold studied and was ordained in Paris. He went on the Crusades with Aymeric (Albert), his brother, and was in Antioch during its siege by the Saracens. During the siege Berthold had a vision of Christ denouncing the evil ways of the Christian soldiers. Thereafter, he labored to reform his fellows. He organized them and became superior of a group of hermits on Mount Carmel. Eventually Aymeric became the Latin patriarch of Antioch and appointed his brother superior general of the monks, gave them their rule, and, thus, is considered by some to be the founder of the Carmelites. He ruled there for 45 years.
The Carmelite Order may actually have survived because of a forgery. This was necessary because no new orders were permitted. When the Bollandists in the 17th century pointed to Saint Berthold as the founder of the order in 1155, a monk 'discovered' a document 'proving' that the Carmelites were founded by the prophet Elijah
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