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85 saints and blesseds associated with the Carmelite order.

Blessed Alfons Arimany Ferrer

Feast: October 25

Martyr

Blessed Alfons Arimany Ferrer, also known as Father Alfons of the Heart of Mary, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He is venerated as a blessed in the...

Blessed Alfons Maria Mazurek

Feast: August 28

Blessed Alfons Maria Mazurek, also known as Alfons Maria of the Holy Spirit, Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit, and Joseph Mazurek, was a Discalced Carmelite friar who dedicated his life to the...

Blessed Aloysius Luis Rabata

Feast: May 8

Martyr

Blessed Aloysius Luis Rabata, also known as Luis Rabatá, was a Carmelite priest and the Prior of the reformed convent in Randazzo, Italy. He was born around 1430 in Erice, Sicily, where he grew up...

Blessed Angiolo Agostino Mazzinghi

Feast: August 16

Blessed Angiolo Agostino Mazzinghi , Carmelite priest At Florence, Blessed Angiolo Agostino Mazzinghi , priest of the Carmelite Order...

Blessed Anne Of Saint Bartholomew

Feast: June 7

Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew, also known as Ana García Manzanas or Anne Garcia, was born on 1 October 1549 in Almendral, Spain. In her youth, she worked as a shepherdess before feeling a call to...

Blessed Antoni Bonet Sero

Feast: September 7

Martyr

Blessed Antoni Bonet Sero, also known as Father Antoni Maria Of Jesus, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on March 20, 1907, in Albi, Lleida,...

Blessed Antonio María Martín Povea

Feast: August 14

Blessed Antonio María Martín Povea, born on November 27, 1887, in El Saucejo, Seville, Spain, was a member of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance. He lived during a time of great turmoil in...

Blessed Apolonia Lizárraga Ochoa De Zabalegui

Feast: September 8

Blessed Apolonia Lizárraga Ochoa De Zabalegui, also known as Sister Apolonia of the Blessed Sacrament, was born on 18 April 1867 in Lezáun, Pamplona, Spain. She came from a devout family and was one...

Blessed Ascensión Lloret Marcos

Feast: September 7

Blessed Ascensión Lloret Marcos, also known as Ascensión of Saint Joseph Calasanz or Ascensione di San Giuseppe Calasanzio Lloret Marco, was born on 21 May 1879 in Gandía, Valencia, Spain. She lived...

Blessed Avertano Of Lucca

Feast: February 25

Blessed Avertano of Lucca, also known as Aventanus or Avertanus, was a Carmelite lay brother who lived in the 14th century. He was born in the diocese of Limoges, France, but later moved to Lucca,...

Blessed Bartholomew Fanti Of Mantua

Feast: December 5

Blessed Bartholomew Fanti Of Mantua, also known as Bartolomeo Fanti Of Mantua, was a renowned Carmelite priest who dedicated 35 years of his life to serving the faithful in Mantua, Italy. Born in...

Blessed Bartolomeo Fanti

Feast: December 5

Blessed Bartolomeo Fanti , Carmelite priest At Mantua, Blessed Bartolomeo Fanti , priest of the Order of Carmelites , who with his words and example kindled in the hearts of the faithful a holy love...

Blessed Battista Spagnoli

Feast: March 20

Blessed Battista Spagnoli , Carmelite priest At Mantua, Blessed Battista Spagnoli , priest of the Carmelite Order , who promoted peace between the princes and reformed the Order of which, against his...

Blessed Carles Barrufet Tost

Feast: August 12

Martyr

Blessed Carles Barrufet Tost, also known as Brother Carles of Jesus Mary, was a Discalced Carmelite friar who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on April 9, 1888, in La Selva del...

Blessed Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodriguez Santiago

Feast: July 13

Blessed Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodriguez Santiago was born on November 22, 1918, in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He was the second of five children to Manuel Baudilio Rodriguez and Herminia Santiago. Growing...

Blessed Clemente López Yagüe

Feast: July 22

Blessed Clemente López Yagüe, also known as Clemente of the Sacred Hearts, was a Discalced Carmelite novice. He was born on November 25, 1911, in Campo de San Pedro, Segovia, Spain. Raised in a...

Blessed Daniel Mora Nine

Feast: July 31

Blessed Daniel Mora Nine, also known as Daniel of the Passion, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who met a martyr's death during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 17 February 1908 in Pontevedra,...

Blessed Eliseo María Camargo Montes

Feast: August 18

Blessed Eliseo María Camargo Montes, also known as Eliseo María Camargo Montes, was a member of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 4 June...

Blessed Esteban Cuevas Casquero

Feast: July 22

Blessed Esteban Cuevas Casquero, also known as Eliseo of Jesus Crucified, was a devout Discalced Carmelite brother who met a heroic end during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 26 December 1913...

Blessed Eufrasio Of The Child Jesus

Feast: October 12

Blessed Eufrasio of the Child Jesus, also known as Eufrasio Barredo Fernández, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who met a tragic end during the religious persecutions of the Spanish Civil War. He was...

Blessed Ferran Llovera Pulgsech

Feast: November 22

Blessed Ferran Llovera Pulgsech, also known as Father Ferran Maria, was a devout Carmelites of the Ancient Observance priest who tragically met his untimely death during the Spanish Civil War. Born...

Blessed Francis Palau Y Quer

Feast: March 20

Blessed Francis Palau y Quer, also known as Francisco Palau y Quer or Francesc Palau Quer, was a prominent figure in the Catholic Church during the 19th century. He was born on December 29, 1811, in...

Blessed Francisca Pons Sarda

Feast: July 31

Blessed Francisca Pons Sarda, also known as Sister Gabriela of Saint John of the Cross, was born on July 18, 1880, in Espluga de Francoli, Tarragona, Spain. From a young age, she displayed a deep...

Blessed Francisco de Jesús María y José Palau y Quer

Feast: March 20

Blessed Francisco de Jesús María y José Palau y Quer , Discalced Carmelite priest, founder of the Institute of the Sisters of Missionary Carmelites At Tarragona in Spain, Blessed Francisco de Jesús...

Blessed Francisco Marco Alemán

Feast: November 18

Blessed Francisco Marco Alemán, also known as Alberto María, was born on 23 May 1894 in Caudete, Albacete, Spain. He was a professed priest in the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance....

Blessed George Halley

Feast: August 15

Blessed George Halley, also known as Angelus of Saint Joseph, was a Carmelite and one of the Irish Martyrs. He was born in Ireland, and at the time of his religious profession, he took the name...

Blessed Giulia Crostarosa

Feast: September 14

Blessed Giulia Crostarosa, also known as Julia Crostarosa and Sister Maria Celeste of the Holy Redeemer, was born on 31 October 1696 in Naples, Italy, as Giulia Marcella Santa Crostarosa. She was the...

Blessed Gregorio Sánchez Sancho

Feast: September 7

Martyr

Blessed Gregorio Sánchez Sancho, also known as Father Tirso of Jesus Mary, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He is remembered for his unwavering faith...

Blessed Hilary Januszewski

Feast: March 25

Blessed Hilary Januszewski , Discalced Carmelite priest and martyr at Dachau In the prison camp of Dachau near Munich in Germany, Blessed Hilary Januszewski , priest of the Order of Discalced Friars...

Blessed Hubert de Saint-Claude Gagnot

Feast: September 10

Blessed Hubert de Saint-Claude Gagnot , Carmelite priest and martyr of France In the arm of the sea in front of Rochefort on the French coast, Blessed Hubert de Saint-Claude Gagnot , priest of the...

Blessed Jacobinus De Canepaci

Feast: March 3

Blessed Jacobinus De Canepaci, also known as Jacobinus of Crevacuore, Giacomino, Jacobino, or Jacopino, was born in 1438 in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy. Coming from humble origins, he spent his life...

Blessed Jacques Gagnot

Feast: September 10

Blessed Jacques Gagnot, also known as Brother Hubert of Saint Claude, was a Discalced Carmelite priest born on 9 February 1753 in Frolois, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He dedicated his life to the...

Blessed James Of Luino

Feast: February 16

Blessed James of Luino, also known as James de Leuteri or James of Eleuterii, was born around the year 1416 in Luino, Italy. He came from a distinguished Italian noble family and spent the early...

Blessed Jane Scopelli

Feast: July 9

Blessed Jane Scopelli, also known as Giovanna Scopelli or Jane of Reggio, was born in 1428 in Reggio d' Emilia, Italy. Even from a young age, Jane felt a strong calling to religious life, but her...

Blessed Jaume Balcells Grau

Feast: July 25

Martyr

Blessed Jaume Balcells Grau, also known as Father Gabriel of the Annunciation, was a Catholic priest and member of the Discalced Carmelites who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He is...

Blessed Joan Fort Rius

Feast: July 25

Martyr

Blessed Joan Fort Rius, also known as Àngel of Saint Joseph, was a Discalced Carmelite brother who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 10 October 1896 in L’Espluga de Francolí,...

Blessed Johannes Soreth

Feast: July 25

Blessed Johannes Soreth , Carmelite priest At Angers in France, Blessed Johannes Soreth , priest of the Carmelite Order , which he brought back to stricter observance and endowed with female...

Blessed John Baptist Spagnuolo

Feast: March 20

Blessed John Baptist Spagnuolo, born the son of Peter Spagnoli, a Spanish nobleman serving at the Mantuan court, embarked on a path marked by both prodigal youth and profound spiritual...

Blessed José Grijalvo Medel

Feast: July 31

Blessed José Grijalvo Medel, also known as Ramón of the Virgin of Carmel, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who met a tragic end during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 29 March 1896 in...

Blessed José Luis Collado Oliver

Feast: July 31

Blessed José Luis Collado Oliver, also known as Placido of the Child Jesus, was a Discalced Carmelite brother who met a courageous and tragic end during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on January...

Blessed José María González Delgado

Feast: July 27

Blessed José María González Delgado, also known as José María of Granada, was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance. He was born on February 26, 1908, in...

Blessed José María Ruiz Cardeñosa

Feast: August 18

Martyr

Blessed José María Ruiz Cardeñosa, also known as Blessed José María of the Cross, was a Spanish Catholic Carmelite who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on July 26, 1902, in the...

Blessed José Mata Luis

Feast: July 30

Martyr

Blessed José Mata Luis, also known as Constancio of Saint Joseph, was a Discalced Carmelite brother who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He is honored and venerated in the Catholic Church...

Blessed Josep Tristany Pujol

Feast: July 20

Blessed Josep Tristany Pujol, also known as Father Lluc of Saint Joseph, was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Discalced Carmelites, who became a martyr during the Spanish Civil War. He was...

Blessed Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Aldaz

Feast: July 29

Blessed Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Aldaz, also known as Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal, was born on 13 March 1882 in Nuin, Navarra, Spain. He led a life dedicated to serving others, particularly those in...

Blessed Juan De Palafox Mendoza

Feast: October 1

Blessed Juan De Palafox Mendoza, also known as Marquis of Ariaza, was born on 24 June 1600 in Fitero, Navarra, Aragon (in modern Spain). He was the illegitimate son of an Aragonese noble, Jaime de...

Blessed Luigi Rabatà

Feast: May 8

Blessed Luigi Rabatà , Carmelite priest At Randazzo in Sicily, Blessed Luigi Rabatà , priest of the Carmelite Order , very faithful in obedience to the rule and a shining example of charity towards...

Blessed Luis Gómez De Pablo

Feast: July 31

Martyr

Blessed Luis Gómez De Pablo, also known as Félix of the Virgin of Carmel, was a Discalced Carmelite brother who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He is remembered for his unwavering faith...

Blessed Luis Minguel Ferrer

Feast: October 22

Martyr

Blessed Luis Miguel Ferrer, also known as Father Luis María of the Virgin of Mercy, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on June 13, 1902, in...

Blessed Maria De Puiggraciós Badia Flaquer

Feast: August 13

Blessed Maria de Puiggraciós Badia Flaquer, also known as Sister Maria del Patrocini de Sant Josep, was a Carmelite nun belonging to the Ancient Observance order. She was born on August 28, 1903, in...

Blessed María Josefa Del Río Messa

Feast: September 23

Blessed María Josefa Del Río Messa, also known as Sister María Josefa of Saint Sophia, was born on April 30, 1895, in Tarragona, Spain. She was a devoted member of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity...

Blessed Maria Pilar Of Saint Francis Borgia

Feast: July 24

Blessed Maria Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia, also known as Jacoba Martínez García, was born on 20 December 1877 in Tarazona, Zaragoza, Spain. She was the youngest of eleven children born to Gabino...

Blessed Maria Roqueta Serra

Feast: July 31

Blessed Maria Roqueta Serra, also known as Sister Maria Refugi of Saint Angelo, was a devout member of the Carmelite Missionaries who met a tragic fate during the Spanish Civil War. She was born on...

Blessed Mariano Alarcón Ruiz

Feast: December 17

Martyr

Blessed Mariano Alarcón Ruiz, also known as Father José Mariano of the Angels, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 24 November 1912 in...

Blessed Marie de l’Incarnation Acarie Avrillot

Feast: April 18

Blessed Marie de l’Incarnation Acarie Avrillot , widow, Discalced Carmelite nun At Pontoise near Paris in France, Blessed Marie de l’Incarnation Acarie Avrillot , who, as a proven mother of family...

Blessed Melchor Martín Monge

Feast: July 31

Martyr

Blessed Melchor Martín Monge, also known as Melchor of the Child Jesus, was a Discalced Carmelite brother who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He is honored for his faithful witness and...

Blessed Michel-Louis Brulard

Feast: July 25

Blessed Michel-Louis Brulard , Discalced Carmelite priest and martyr of France On a prison ship anchored off Rochefort on the French coast, Blessed Michel-Louis Brulard , priest of the Discalced...

Blessed Michellouis Brulard

Feast: July 25

Blessed Michellouis Brulard, also known as Father Michellouis Brulard, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who lived during a tumultuous period in French history. He was born on 11 June 1758 in...

Blessed Nazario Del Valle González

Feast: July 31

Martyr

Blessed Nazario Del Valle González, also known as Nazario of the Sacred Heart, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He is venerated as a blessed in the...

Blessed Ovidio Fernández Arenillas

Feast: July 22

Martyr

Blessed Ovidio Fernández Arenillas, also known as Eusebio of the Child Jesus, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He is venerated as a blessed in the...

Blessed Pedro Jiménez Vallejo

Feast: July 31

Martyr

Blessed Pedro Jiménez Vallejo, also known as Pedro José of the Sacred Hearts, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred in the Spanish Civil War. He is venerated in the Catholic Church and...

Blessed Pedro Ramón Rodríguez Calle

Feast: July 22

Martyr

Blessed Pedro Ramón Rodríguez Calle, also known as Hermilo of Saint Eliseus, was a Discalced Carmelite brother who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He is venerated as a Catholic saint and...

Blessed Perfecto Domínguez Monge

Feast: July 22

Blessed Perfecto Domínguez Monge, also known as Perfecto of the Virgin of Carmel, was a renowned Discalced Carmelite brother who met a tragic fate during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 18...

Blessed Peter Thomas

Feast: January 6

Blessed Peter Thomas, also known as Pedro Tomas, was a renowned figure in the Catholic Church and an advocate for Church unity during the 14th century. Born around 1305 in southern Perigord, France,...

Blessed Purificación Ximénez Y Ximénez

Feast: September 23

Blessed Purificación Ximénez Y Ximénez, also known as Sister Purificación of Saint Joseph, was a devout Catholic nun and a member of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity. She was born on 3 February 1871...

Blessed Ramón María Pérez Sousa

Feast: July 22

Blessed Ramón María Pérez Sousa, also known as Ramón Sousa, was a Spanish monk and member of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance. He was born on 1 August 1903 in Feás de Guinzo de Limia, a small...

Blessed Redemptorus Of The Cross

Feast: November 29

Blessed Redemptorus of the Cross, born a military officer, embraced a profound spiritual transformation in 1615 when he entered the Discalced...

Blessed Romeo Of Limoges

Feast: March 5

Blessed Romeo of Limoges, also known as Romaeus, was a Carmelite lay brother hailing from the city of Limoges in France. Very little is known about his early life, including his birthdate and family...

Blessed Romeo Of Lucca

Feast: March 4

Blessed Romeo of Lucca, also known as Enrico, was a Carmelite brother who lived during the early 14th century. He is believed to have been born in this period, although the exact date of his birth...

Blessed Tomás Mateos Sánchez

Feast: July 22

Blessed Tomás Mateos Sánchez, also known as José Agustin of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Discalced Carmelite brother who met a tragic end during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 17 September...

Blessed Vicenta Achurra Gogenola

Feast: July 31

Blessed Vicenta Achurra Gogenola, also known as Daniela de San Bernabé or Daniela of Saint Barnabas, was born on 4 April 1890 in Berriatúa, Vizcaya, Spain. She dedicated her life to serving God and...

Blessed Vicente Alamano Jiménez

Feast: July 30

Martyr

Blessed Vicente Alamano Jiménez, also known as Jose María of the Sorrowful Mother, was a Discalced Carmelite brother who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on August 3, 1901, in...

Blessed Vicente Gallen Ybañez

Feast: July 25

Martyr

Blessed Vicente Gallen Ybañez, also known as Vicente of the Cross, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 29 September 1908 in Vallat,...

Blesssed Pedro De Alcantara De Forton De Cascajares

Feast: October 10

Martyr

Blessed Pedro De Alcantara De Forton De Cascajares, also known as Brother Pedro Tomás of the Virgin of the Pillar, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He...

Józefa Kalinowski

Feast: November 15

Józefa Kalinowski , Carmelite priest Near Wadowice in Poland, Saint Rafał od...

Martyred Carmelite Sisters of Charity

Feast: August 19

Martyr

The Martyred Carmelite Sisters of Charity were a group of nine Catholic women who all belonged to the Carmelite Sisters of Charity and were martyred together during the Spanish Civil War. Their names...

Martyred Carmelite Sisters of Valencia

Feast: November 24

Martyr

The Martyred Carmelite Sisters of Valencia were a group of twelve nuns who belonged to the Carmelite Sisters of Charity and were martyrized together during the Spanish Civil War. Their names were...

Saint Albert of Sicily

Feast: August 7

Saint Albert of Sicily, also known as Albert of Trapani or Albert the Abbot, was born between the years 1250 and 1257 in Trapani, Sicily, Italy. His parents, Benedict and Joan, had a deep devotion to...

Saint Alberto degli Abati

Feast: August 7

In the historic port city of Messina, a figure emerged whose voice carried the weight of divine conviction. He was a man of the Carmelite Order, known to history as Alberto degli Abati. While the...

Saint Andrew Corsini

Feast: January 6

Saint Andrew Corsini, also known as Andrea Corsini, Andres Corsino, and the Apostle of Florence, was born in 1302 in Florence, Italy. He lived a wild and misspent youth until he experienced a...

Saint Angelo

Feast: May 5

The ultimate witness of faith is often written not in ink, but in blood. For the Carmelite priest known as Saint Angelo, this truth was realized on the soil of Sicily. While the specific chronology...

Saint Angelus of Jerusalem

Feast: May 5

Saint Angelus of Jerusalem, also known as Angelus of Sicily, Angelus the Carmelite, or Angelo, was a renowned Carmelite friar and martyr of the Catholic Church. He was born in 1145 in Jerusalem, to...

Saint Brocard

Feast: September 2

Saint Brocard, also known as Brocardo, Brocardus, Burchard, and Brochard, was a French monk who became a significant figure in the history of the Carmelite Order. Little is known about his early...

Saint Madeline Sophie Barat

Feast: May 25

Saint Madeline Sophie Barat (1779–1865), born in Joigny, France, to Jacques Barat, a cooper for local vineyards, displayed exceptional intelligence from childhood. Educated by her elder brother...

Saint Nuno de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira

Feast: November 1

Saint Nuno de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira , Carmelite religious At Lisbon in Portugal, Saint Nuno de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira , who was first general commander of the armed forces of the kingdom...