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Saint Brocard
Hermit on Mount Carmel
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Feast: 2 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1150
Died
1231
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Brocard is said to have been one of the first leaders of hermits at Mount Carmel, and was perhaps the leader of the community on the death of Berthold of Calabria around 1195. Various details of his life are legendary.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q3463699 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Brocard (CC BY-SA)
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