Feast May 16
Saint Simon Stock
Religious, patron of Bordeaux · Feast May 16
Biography
Simon Stock, OCarm was an English Catholic priest and saint who lived in the 13th century and was an early prior of the Carmelite Order. The Blessed Virgin Mary is traditionally said to have appeared to him and given him the Brown Scapular. Popular devotion to Saint Simon Stock is usually associated with devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Feast day
May 16
Patronage
- Bordeaux
- France
Birth date
c. 1165
Death date
16 May 1265
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
5
Wikidata qid
Q721003
Feast day of month
16