![]() Tradition indicates the presence on Mount Carmel of a series of Jewish and then Christian hermits who lived, prayed and taught in the caves used by Elijah and Elisha. The Carmelite Order is one of the few, monastic orders, if not the only one, not to refer to a charismatic founder, but to a prophet of the Old Testament: Elijah and his disciple Elisha are considered by the Carmelites as the spiritual fathers of the order. The order of Carmelite nuns was formalised in 1452. ![]() Berthold of Calabria, as well as Albert of Vercelli, have traditionally been associated with the founding of the order, but few clear records of early Carmelite history have survived. Historical records about its origin remain uncertain, but it was probably founded in the 12th century on Mount Carmel in the Crusader States. The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ( Latin: Ordo Fratrum Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo abbreviated OCarm), known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order for men and women. ![]() ![]() The Prophet Elijah is regarded as the spiritual father of the Carmelite order ![]()
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