Simon Stock | |
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 Pietro Novelli, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Carmelite saints (Simon Stock (standing), Angelus of Jerusalem (kneeling), Mary Magdalene de'Pazzi, Teresa of Avila), 1641 | |
| Born | c. 1165 possibly Aylesford England |
| Died | 16 May 1265 Bordeaux, France |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Aylesford, England |
| Feast | May 16 |
| Attributes | holding or receiving the brown scapular |
| Patronage | Bordeaux, France |
Simon Stock, OCarm was an English Catholic priest and saint who lived in the 13th century and was an early prior of the Carmelite Order. The Blessed Virgin Mary is traditionally said to have appeared to him and given him the Brown Scapular. Although his visionary meeting with Mary is likely legendary, popular devotion to Stock is usually associated with devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.