Carmelite Saints & Blesseds

St. Kuriakos Elias Chavara

Saint Kuriakos Elias Chavara, co-founder and first prior general of the congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, was born at Kainakary in Kersala, India, February 10… more

St. Peter Thomas

Born about 1305 in southern Perigord in France, Peter Thomas entered the Carmelites when he was twenty-one. He was chosen by the Order as its procurator general to the Papal… more

St. Andrew Corsini

Andrew was born at the beginning of the fourteenth century in Florence and entered the Carmelite Order there. He was elected provincial of Tuscany at the general chapter of… more

Bl. Angelo Paoli

Angelo Paoli (1 September 1642 – 20 January 1720) – born Francesco – was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Carmelite Order. Paoli led a life… more

John of St. Samson

Ven. John of St. Samson had a very difficult childhood. He was blinded by an incompetent physician after contracting chicken pox and was orphaned at a young age. He was… more

St. Henry de Osso y Cervello

Henry was born at Vinebre, Catalonia, Spain, on October 16, 1840 and was ordained a priest on September 21, 1867. He was an apostle to young people in teaching them about their… more

Bl. Archangela Girlani

Born in the town of Trino in northern Italy about the middle of the fifteenth century, Archangela took the Carmelite habit in Parma and eventually became the prioress there.… more

Bl. Candelaria of St. Joseph

Bl Candelaria was born Susana Paz-Castillo Ramírez in 1863 in Guárico, Venezuela. She enthusiastically welcomed the call of God to holiness, and from her youth, stood out in… more

Carmelite Friar

Marie-Eugene de L'Enfant-Jésus (2 December 1894 - 27 March 1967) — born Henri Grialou — was a French Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Discalced Carmelites.… more

St. Joseph

Little is known about Joseph except that he was of the line of David which was essential in order for Jesus to be legally of the house and line of David in fulfilment of the… more

Bl. Francis Palau y Quer

Born in Aytona, Lerida, on December 29, 1811, Blessed Francis Palau y Quer entered the Carmelite Order in 1832 and was ordained priest in 1836. Civil turmoil forced him to live… more

Bl. Maria Candida of the Eucharist

Maria Barba was born on the 16th January 1884 in Catanzaro, Italy. As a child, Maria learned to play the piano. At the age of fifteen, she underwent an interior conversion that… more