Post Views: 2,739 Simon Stock, born in England, lived in the 13th century. He was the Prior of the Carmelite religious order. The Blessed Virgin Mary is traditionally said to have appeared to him and given him the Carmelite habit, the Brown Scapular which you see in the picture. Therefore, devotion to Saint Simon Stock … Continue reading Saint of the day: St. Simon Stock, Patron of English Province of Discalced Carmelites