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For places named after Saint Dominic, or other saints named Dominic, see St Dominic (disambiguation). Saint Dominic, OP ( Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán ( Spanish: [ɡuθˈman] ), was a Castilian - French Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order.
Aug 8, 2011 · Saint Dominic is the patron saint of astronomers, the Dominican Republic, and the innocent who are falsely accused of crimes. He is commonly depicted in icons with a dog, or lilies, holding a book. His hair always appears cut with a tonsure.
Aug 2, 2024 · Saint Dominic, founder of the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans), a mendicant religious order with a universal mission of preaching, a centralized organization and government, and a great emphasis on scholarship.
Saint Dominic was a man of prayer from his youth and he deepened his prayer throughout his life. He proposes nine ways of praying that he himself practiced before Jesus on the cross. His bodily attitude united with the spiritual attitude favors recollection and fervor.
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Shortly after taking possession of Saint Sixtus, at the invitation of Honorius, Saint Dominic begin the somewhat difficult task of restoring the pristine observance of religious discipline among the various Roman communities of women.
The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP ), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian - French priest named Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216.