- Saint Brocard
Saint Brocard is said to have been one of the first group of
hermits atMount Carmel , and was perhaps the leader of the community on the death ofSaint Berthold around 1198. Circa 1207 the hermits incorporated their existing customs into a formal rule which was accepted by theLatin Patriarch of Jerusalem ,Albert Avogadro . The document is addressed to a community member known only as 'B' (traditionally associated with Brocard, although no historical records exist that clearly identify this individual's full name). Receiving the Rule marks the origin of theCarmelite Order .St. Brocard died around 1231. His
feast day isSeptember 2 .References
*Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. "The Penguin Dictionary of Saints". 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.
* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1843 Catholic Online Saints Calendar]
* [http://www.karmel.at/prag-jesu/english/eng/carmel.htm St. Brocard in the History of the Carmelite Order]ee also
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Carmelites
*Byzantine Discalced Carmelites
*Carmelite Rule of St. Albert
*Book of the First Monks
*Constitutions of the Carmelite Order
*Carmelite Rite
*Hermit External links
* [http://www.carmelite.com/saints/john/works/index.shtml The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross]
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