The Presentation of the Scapular to Saint Simon Stock
Circle of Juan Rodríguez Juárez, New Spain, 17th- 18th Century
Oil on canvas.
77 x 54 cm.
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Private collection, Spain
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The emergence of the religious devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel goes back to the middle ages. In the early 12th century, a group of pilgrims and former crusaders decided to organize themselves into a community and live as hermits, settling in Mount Carmel (Palestine) around a little chapel dedicated to Mary. Thus was born the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, also known as the Carmelites, and was recognized as a mendicant order by Pope Innocent IV in 1247 through a papal bull.
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