Saint Bertold
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Saint Bertold | |
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Born | Limoges, France |
Died | ~1195 AD |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | March 29 |
Saint Bertold of Mount Carmel (also known as Bartoldus of Calabria) was born in Limoges in south west France. He went to the Holy Lands as a Crusader and was in Antioch during its siege by the Saracens. It was around this time had Bertold had a vision of Christ denouncing the evil ways of the soldiers. Some accounts hold that in 1155 he came to Mount Carmel and built a small chapel there, gathering a community of hermits about him living in imitation of the prophet Elijah. This community has sometimes been thought to have given rise to the Order of Carmelites, but this is not supported by any clear evidence and is generally discounted by historians of the Order. Bertold died circa 1195, and tradition holds that he was replaced as leader of the hermits by Saint Brocard.
His Catholic feast is on March 29.
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- Hermit
- Discalced Carmelites
- Byzantine Discalced Carmelites
- Carmelite Rule of St. Albert
- Book of the First Monks
- Constitutions of the Carmelite Order
- Dialogues of the Carmelites
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- Carmelite Spirituality
- Carmelite Vocation
- "Sayings of Light and Love" - Spiritual Maxims of John of the Cross