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Saint Dominic, OP (Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (Spanish:), was a Castilian Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order. He is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientists , and he and his order are traditionally credited with spreading and popularizing the rosary .
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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.
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.
Dominican, one of the four great mendicant orders of the Roman Catholic Church, founded by St. Dominic in 1215. Its members include friars, nuns, active sisters, and lay Dominicans. From the beginning the order has been a synthesis of the contemplative life and the active ministry.
Aug 4, 2019 · SAINT DOMINIC FOUNDER OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS, CONFESSOR—1170-1221. Feast: August 4. Dominic, founder of the great order of preaching friars which bears his name, was born in the year 1170 at Calaruega, Castile, Spain, of a noble family with illustrious connections.
Dominic, Saint, founder of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Order; b. at Calaroga, in Old Castile, c. 1170; d. August 6, 1221.
May 25, 2024 · On Aug. 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Dominic Guzman, who helped the cause of orthodoxy in the medieval Church by founding the Order of Preachers, also known as...
The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum; abbreviated OP ), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian priest named Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216.
Domingo de Guzmán (St. Dominic) was born in Spain in 1170. There are many legends about his life, but perhaps one of the most popular describes a prophecy given to his mother in a dream before he was born.
St. Albert the Great Priory & Novitiate is a community of Catholic priests and brothers of the Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres. The Dominicans arrived in Irving, Texas, in the late 1950s to serve as chaplains and professors of theology and philosophy at the University of Dallas.
