A portrait of St. Simon Stock
St. Simon Stock
c. 1165 – 16 May 1265
Feast
May 16 · XIII c.
Patron of
Carmelites · Scapular devotion · Bordeaux
Order
Religious / Carmelite Prior General
English Carmelite, sixth Prior General of the Order; reputed to have received the Brown Scapular from the Blessed Virgin Mary on July 16, 1251 at Cambridge with the promise of salvation to those who die wearing it. Died at Bordeaux. Feast May 16.
Life & Times
Born: c. 1165 · Died: 16 May 1265 · From: Aylesford, England / Bordeaux, France.
Patronage
St. Simon Stock is invoked as the patron of carmelites, scapular devotion, bordeaux. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
“Take, beloved son, this scapular of thy Order as a badge of my Confraternity and a sign of the privilege which I have obtained for thee and for all the children of Carmel.”— St. Simon Stock (traditionally attributed)
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