St. Dominic: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Born c.1170 • Castile
Died August 6, 1221 • Bologna • Emilia-Romagna
Founder Dominican order

Photos


Portrait painting by Fra Bartolomeo of Girolamo Savonarola in profile, wearing a dark hooded robe, set against a black background with a Latin inscription below.
Girolamo Savonarola
Italian preacher
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St. John of Ávila
Spanish religious reformer
Giovanni di Balduccio: Saint Peter Martyr and Three Donors
St. Peter Martyr
Italian preacher
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St. Vincent Ferrer
French friar
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Spanish historian and missionary
Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
French bishop
Yves Congar, c. 1964
Yves Congar
French priest
Pius V
St. Pius V
pope
Vitoria, Francisco de
Francisco de Vitoria
Spanish theologian
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William Of Saint-amour
French philosopher
Gustavo Gutiérrez, 2013
Gustavo Gutiérrez
Peruvian theologian
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John Milíč
Bohemian theologian
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Tomás de Torquemada
Spanish inquisitor
St. Raymond of Peñafort
St. Raymond of Peñafort
Spanish friar
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Henri Lacordaire
French priest
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John of Saint Thomas
Portuguese philosopher
Bartolome de Carranza, engraving
Bartolomé de Carranza
Spanish theologian
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John of Paris
French theologian
Orchard, William Edwin
William Edwin Orchard
British priest