Saint Simon Stock, a Carmelite, so-called because he and other members of his order lived atop Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. St. Simon Stock was visited by the Blessed Virgin Mary on July 16th, 1251. At that time, she bestowed upon him a scapular, or habit (commonly called “the Brown Scapular”), which became part of the liturgical clothing of the Carmelite order.
