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Dominic de Guzmán, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, founded the Dominican Order which was approved by Pope Innocent III in 1215. This list of saints and beati of the Dominican Order is alphabetical. It includes Dominican saints from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
People who have served as Masters of the Order of Preachers, Superior Generals of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
These are members of the Order of Preachers (Dominican order), a Catholic religious order. For people from the Caribbean island of Dominica, see Category:Dominica people For people from the Dominican Republic, see Category:Dominican Republic people
Four Dominican friars have served as Bishop of Rome: Pope Innocent V (r. 1276) Pope Benedict XI (r. 1303-04) Pope Pius V (r. 1566-72) Pope Benedict XIII (r. 1724-30) There are six Dominican friars in the College of Cardinals: Dominik Duka (b. 1943), Czech, Archbishop Emeritus of Prague; Christoph Schönborn (b. 1945), Austrian, Archbishop of Vienna
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 priest named Dominic de Guzmán.
Relics of Dominican saints. The Order of Preachers was founded by St. Dominic de Guzman, a Spanish friar, on 1215 to proclaim the word of God by preaching, teaching and example, while they are sustained by life in common. [1]
The Master of the Order of Preachers is the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. [1]The Master of the Order of Preachers is ex officio Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy, and of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.
As members of the Order of Preachers, Lay Dominicans are men and women, single or married, living a Christian life with a Dominican spirituality in the secular world. They find inspiration in the spiritual path taken by many saints, blesseds, and other holy men and women throughout the 800-year history of the Dominican Order. The Life of a ...