St. Dominic
Feast 08-08 · Canonized 1234
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About
Dominic was born around 1170 in Caleruega, Castile. As a canon of Osma he traveled through southern France, where he encountered the Albigensian heresy and resolved to answer it not with force but with preaching, poverty, and holiness of life.
In 1216 he founded the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, dedicated to study and the proclamation of the Gospel. He established communities of friars and of contemplative nuns, and tradition associates him with the spread of the rosary.
Dominic died in Bologna in 1221 and was canonized in 1234. His order produced great saints and scholars such as Thomas Aquinas and Catherine of Siena. He is the patron of preachers, astronomers, and the Dominican Order.
Suggested prayer
O God, who taught Dominic to answer heresy not with force but with preaching and poverty, grant through his intercession that preachers and teachers of the faith may see the word of God bear fruit in every heart. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
