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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 .
The Arca di San Domenico is a shrine containing the remains of Saint Dominic, located in the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna. The feast of Saint Dominic is celebrated with great pomp and devotion in Malta, in the old city of Birgu and the capital city Valletta.
St. Dominic's Catholic Church is a historic parish in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California, located at the corner of Bush and Steiner Streets. The parish was established by the Dominican Order in 1873, and the current church, built in the Gothic style, was finished in 1928.
St. Dominic Church in San Francisco, California St. Dominic's Church (Denver, Colorado) , listed on the NRHP in Colorado St. Dominic Catholic Church (Miami, FL) , Florida
The altarpiece in the third chapel on the south side, by Pier Francesco Mola, depicts St Dominic's Vision. In the second chapel on the north side is Francesco Allegrini's 1532 The Mystical Marriage of St Catherine. In the third chapel on the north side is the 1460 Madonna and Child by Benozzo Gozzoli, a pupil of Fra Angelico.
It is also known as the St. Francis Parish, and the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi. It has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark (no. 5) since September 3, 1968. [ 2 ] On October 1, 1972, the building was declared to be a landmark by the California Historical Society ; and in September 1999, it became known as the ...
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]
St. Peter Gonzalez was born in Castille, Spain, in 1190. [1] González was educated by his uncle, the Bishop of Astorga, who gave him a canonry when he was very young.. On one occasion, he was riding triumphantly into the city, his horse stumbled, dumping him into the mud to the amusement of onlookers.