The Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by the Castilian priest Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved b
Saint Dominic, portrayed in the Perugia Altarpiece by Fra Angelico, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia
Saint Dominic (1170–1221), portrait by El Greco, about 1600
Saint Dominic on the front cover of Doctrina Christiana catechism in Spanish and Tagalog with an eight-pointed star (a symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary) over his head. Woodcut cover. Printed in Manila in 1593.
Dominic's room at Maison Seilhan, in Toulouse, is considered the place where the order was born.
Dominic de Guzmán, almost exclusively known as Saint Dominic, was a Castilian religious priest and the founder of the Order of Preachers. He is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientists,
Dominican Order
…OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by the Castilian priest Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216. Members of the order, who are referred to as Dominicans…
Santo Domingo de Guzmán, portrait by the Portuguese-Spanish painter Claudio Coello in 1670
A picture of St Dominic accompanied by Simon de Montfort raising the crucifix against the Cathars by Daniel van den Dyck
The vision of St. Dominic receiving the rosary from the Virgin by Bernardo Cavallino
Saint Dominic in prayer by El Greco