Carmelites
Roman Catholic religious order
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Summary
Carmelites is a contemplative order[1]. Carmelites draws 7,468 Wikipedia views per month (contemplative order category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: first order[3], organization[4]
- Founder: Saint Bertold[5]
- Named after: Mount Carmel[6]
- Child organization or unit: Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel[7], Carmelite nuns[8]
- Part of: Carmelitan family[9], First Order of Carmelites[10]
- Commons category: Roman Catholic Carmelite orders[11]
- Field of this occupation: Carmelite spirituality[12]
- Has part(s): Calced Carmelite Friar[13]
- Inception: 1155[14]
- Official website: http://www.ocarm.org/[15], http://www.carmelitas.org/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Carmelite Order[17]
- Main subject: lifestance organisation[18]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[19], Vlastenský slovník historický[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24]
- Motto text: zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum[25]
- Motto: zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo Exercitum[26]
- Short name: O.C.[27]
- Owner of: The Disputation with Simon Magus and the Crucifixion of Peter[28], Mönchmühle Ravensburg[29], Quidenham Hall[30], Convento das Carmelitas em Chókwé[31]
- Different from: Karmel[32]
- Uses: Carmelite Rule of St. Albert[33], Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel[34]
- Position held by head of the organization: Prior General of the Order of Carmelites[35]
- Has part(s) of the class: Carmelite monastery[36]
Body
Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Carmelites include montée des Carmélites[37], a street[38], in France[39].
Why It Matters
Carmelites has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Carmelites is known by 184 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for Carmelites include montée des Carmélites[37], a street[38], in France[39].