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San Domenico (other)
San Domenico may refer to: Catholic saints * Dominic de Guzmán (1170-1221), Spanish priest and founder of the Dominican Order * San Domenico di Sora (951-1031), Italian abbot, patron saint of Villalago Churches * San Domenico, Arezzo (Basilica), Italy * San Domenico (Basilica), Bologna, Italy * San Domenico, Casale Monferrato, Italy * San Domenico, Cortona, Italy * San Domenico, Cosenza, Italy * San Domenico, Cremona, Italy (no longer standing) * San Domenico, Cagli, Italy * Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole, Italy * San Domenico, Gubbio, Italy * San Domenico Maggiore, Naples, Italy * San Domenico, Noto, Italy * San Domenico, Orvieto, Italy * San Domenico, Palermo, Italy * San Domenico, Penne, Italy * San Domenico, Perugia, Italy * San Domenico (Pisa), Italy * San Domenico, Pistoia, Italy * San Domenico, Prato, Italy * Santi Domenico e Sisto, Rome, Italy * Basilica of San Domenico, Siena, Italy * San Domenico Convent, Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, Italy * San Domenico, Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic De Guzmán
Saint Dominic, (; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (), 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. Life Birth and early life Dominic was born in Caleruega, halfway between Osma and Aranda de Duero in Old Castile, Spain. He was named after Saint Dominic of Silos. The Benedictine abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos lies a few miles north of Caleruega. In the earliest narrative source, by Jordan of Saxony, Dominic's parents are not named. The story is told that before his birth his barren mother made a pilgrimage to the Abbey at Silos, and dreamt that a dog leapt from her womb carrying a flaming torch in its mouth, and seemed to set the earth on fire. This story is likely to have emerged when his order became known, after his name, as the ''Dominican'' order, ''Dominic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
