The prayer, also known as the “Flos Carmeli” (“The Flower of Carmel”), was composed by St. Simon Stock (c. 1165-1265), a Christian hermit known as a Carmelite, so called because he and other members of his order lived atop Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. St. Simon Stock is said to have been visited by the Blessed Virgin Mary on July 16, 1251, at which time she bestowed upon him a scapular, or habit, (commonly called “the Brown Scapular”), which became part of the liturgical clothing of the Carmelite order.
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