[1][2] He was introduced into Carmelite literature around the 15th century as Saint Berthold of Mount Carmel and is said to have been a general of the Order before Brocard.

[3] Berthold was a son of the Count of Limoges and was born in Malifaye in southwest France.

[5][6] Berthold went to the Holy Land as part of the Crusades and was in Antioch when it was besieged by the Saracens.

[6] Some accounts hold that in 1185 he came to Mount Carmel, built a small chapel there and gathered a community of hermits who would live at his side in imitation of the prophet Elijah.

Berthold lived out his days on Mount Carmel, ruling the community he had founded for forty-five years until his death in 1195.