Carmelite Saints & Blesseds

The Carmelite Order has been blessed throughout its history with men and women outstanding in zeal for God and the spread of his Word wherever they have found themselves. Some of these have been elevated by Mother Church to the ranks of the Blesseds and Saints. Those remembered by the Order of Carmelites on particular days in the liturgical calendar are given here.

January

3          Bl Kuriakos Elias Chavara, priest

8          St Peter Thomas, bishop

9          St Andrew Corsini, bishop

29        Bl Archangela Girlani, virgin

March

19        St Joseph, principal protector of the Order

20        Bl Francis Palau y Quer, priest

April

1          Bl Nuno Alvares Pereira, religious

17        Bl Baptist Spagnoli of Mantua, priest

May

5          St Angelus, priest and martyr

8          Bl Aloysius Rabatà, priest

9          St George Preca, priest

16        St Simon Stock, religious

22        St Joachina de Vedruna de Mas, religious

25        St Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, virgin

June

12        Bl Hilary Januszewski, priest and martyr

14        St Elisha, prophet

July

9          Bl Jane Scopelli, virgin

13        Bl Teresa of Jesus ‘of Los Andes', virgin

16        Solemn Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

17        Bl Teresa of St Augustine and Companions, virgins and martyrs

20        St Elijah, Prophet and our Father

24        Bl John Soreth, priest

26        Sts Joachim and Anne, protectors of our Order

27        Bl Titus Brandsma, priest and martyr

August

7          St Albert of Trapani, priest

9          St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), martyr

12        Bl Isidor Bakanja, martyr

17        Bl Angelus Augustine Mazzinghi, priest

25        Bl Mary of Jesus Crucified, virgin

26        Bl Jacques Retouret, priest and martyr

September

1          St Teresa Margaret Redi, virgin

17        St Albert of Jerusalem, bishop and lawgiver of Carmel

October

1          St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and Doctor of the Church

15        St Teresa of Jesus (Teresa of Avila), virgin and Doctor of the Church

November

5          Bl Frances d’Amboise, religious

8          Bl Elizabeth of the Trinity, virgin

14        All Carmelite Saints

15        Commemoration of All Carmelite Souls

19        St Raphael Kalinowski, priest

29        Bls Denis and Redemptus, martyrs

December

5          Bl Bartholomew Fanti, priest

14        St John of the Cross, priest and Doctor of the Church

Full list of Carmelite Saints & Blesseds