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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 .
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 .
It is named after the Holy Family of Jesus and is a part of the San Pedro Pastoral Region in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The church also contains a school, Our Lady of Fatima (OLF), named after one of Mary, mother of Jesus' titles. [1] As of 2014, it has over 15,000 active parish members [3] and 80% of the mass attendees are Filipino as of ...
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; St. Dominic's Catholic Church, in Springfield, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Kentucky; St. Dominic's Church (Portland, Maine) St. Dominic's Church (Bronx), New York City
Dominic's special patronage thus became connected with pregnancy, and until the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931, his abbatial crozier was used to bless the queens of Spain, and was placed by their beds when they were in labor. [3] St. Dominic of Silos is patron saint of prisoners, pregnant women, and shepherds. [6]
At the southern portion of the church complex is a restaurant operated by the church; Café Inggo 1587. It opened in 2017, featuring Spanish and Filipino cuisines. It was named after the localized nickname of the patron saint of the church and the founder of the Order of Preachers, St. Dominic. [14]
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy (also known as FSHA) is a private, all-girls Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles run by the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. It is located in La Cañada Flintridge, California , on a 41 acres (170,000 m 2 ) campus near the San Gabriel Mountains .
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.