Editing Carmelites (section)

=== Hermit and monastic life on Mount Carmel ===
{{Main|Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel}}
Before the presence of the Carmelites, in the 6th century [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] monks built a monastery dedicated to Saint Elijah in a valley a few kilometers south of the present monastery. This was destroyed in 614 by the Persians of [[Khosrow II]]. Around 1150, a Greek monk from Calabria established a community of about ten members among the ruins of the ancient Byzantine monastery which he rebuilt and renamed Saint Elijah.