Monday, March 29, 2010

Feast day of St. Berthold

March 29th is the Feast Day of St. Berthold.

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1775 has this to say:
Considered by some historians to be the founder of the Carmelite Order. He was born in Limoges, France, and proved a brilliant student at the University of Paris. Ordained a priest, Berthold joined his brother, Aymeric, the Latin patriarch of Antioch, in Turkey, on the Crusades. On Mount Carmel he found a group of hermits, joined them, and established a rule. Aymeric appointed Berthold the first Carmelite superior general. Berthold tried to reform the Christian soldiers in the region, having had a vision of Christ, and headed the Carmelites for forty-five years.

We have two ancestors with this name in our tree: Berthold WARMBOKEN and Bertold NIENBORCH.

Bertold Nienborch, my 18th great-grandfather was born abt. 1335. He lived in the Hanseatic city of Lubeck.
Berthold Warmboken, my 13th great-grandfather was born abt 1480, and also lived in Lubeck.

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