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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 .
This list of saints and beati of the Dominican Order is alphabetical. It includes Dominican saints from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Since the founder of the Dominicans, Dominic de Guzmán, was canonised in 1234, there have been 69 other Dominicans canonised and many more beatified.
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 .
Monasteries and other sites of the Dominican Order can be found in numerous countries around the world. This incomplete list is ordered geographically using contemporary country boundaries, which often differ from historical order, and to the extent possible, chronological order of Dominican affiliation within each country.
St. Dominic Regional High School, Auburn, Maine; Saint-Dominic Academy, a Catholic grammar school and high school in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine; St Dominic High School (O'Fallon, Missouri) Mount Saint Dominic Academy, a Catholic high school for women in Caldwell, New Jersey; St Dominic High School (Oyster Bay, New York)
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.
Dominic, Dominik or Dominick is a male given name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master".
The following friars belonging to the order have been proclaimed saints throughout history (for women and Third Order saints see List of Dominican saints and beatified): Dominic de Guzman (1170–1221), portrayed in the Perugia Altarpiece by Fra Angelico. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.