Considered by some historians to be the founder of the Carmelite Order. He was born in Limoges, France, and proved a brilliant student at the University of Paris. Ordained a priest,
Berthold joined his brother, Aymeric, the Latin
patriarch of Antioch, in Turkey, on the Crusades. On Mount
Carmel he found a group of hermits, joined them, and established a rule. Aymeric appointed
Berthold the first Carmelite
superior general.
Berthold tried to reform the
Christian soldiers in the region, having had a vision of Christ, and headed the Carmelites for forty-five years.
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