The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a hundred years earlier.

The Carmelite Order, formally known as the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, has its roots in the Crusader States of the 12th century. A group of hermit monks ...

The rococo Igreja do Carmo, or Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, built in the mid ... depicting scenes relating to the founding of the Carmelite Order. (Another, older church, the Igreja dos ...