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Discalced Carmelites
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Discalced Carmelites
The
Discalced Carmelites
or
Barefoot Carmelites
is a
Catholic
mendicant order
with roots in the
eremitic tradition
of the
Desert Fathers and Mothers
. (
Discalced
is derived from "without shoes" in Latin.) The order was established in 1593, pursuant to the reform of the
Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance
by two
Spanish
saints
, Saint
Teresa of Ávila
and Saint
John of the Cross
.
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