ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 29th of March WELCOME! SAINT BERTHOLD OF MOUNT CARMEL Saint Berthold [of Calabria, St Berthold of Mount Carmel] is commemorated on March 29. His name is derived from the Old German words Bert, Bercht, Brecht, meaning brilliant ; according to Schwenck his name means brilliant and mild. THE FIRST PRIOR GENERAL OF THE CARMELITES St Berthold was first prior general of the Carmelites. He was born in Limoges and was either the brother of Bishop Adamatus in Puy or of the patriarch Heimericus of Antioch, who appointed him prior of the Carmelites in 1121 (according to others 1141 or even 1181). HIS HAPPY DEATH He died in 1188, and his name is inserted in the general Roman Martyrology, and in that for the Discalced Carmelites. Source: Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints ****** Berthold went to the Holy Land as part of the Crusades and was in Antioch when it was besieged by the Saracens. During this time he had a vi...