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Full Name
Domingo Félix de Guzmán
Resting Country
Resting City
Bologna
Feast
Feast Text
The celebration day
Feast Date
8
8
Birth place
Birth Country
Birth City
Caleruega
Death place
Death Country
Death City
Bologna
Age
50
Places of Mission
Mission Country
Mission Country
Shrines
Shrine Country
Shrine City
Bologna
Name of place (church)
Basilica of Saint Dominic
Canonised Country
Canonised City
Spoleto
Biography

I was born in Spain in 1170, in Spain, into a noble family. I received my early education from my uncle, who was a priest. Then, I studied for ten years at University. I discerned that God was calling me to become a priest. Some time after my ordination, the bishop asked me to accompany him on a missionary journey through the south of France. Here I met the Albigensians or Cathars, who proclaimed a distorted form of Christianity. They condemned the material world as an evil kingdom not created by God. I became inspired to preach the true Gospel to them in a credible way. Together with some Cistercian monks, I started on this difficult mission to promote the truth. After much effort [or: many attempts], I founded the Order of Friar Preachers, or Dominicans. Its main focus was the study and preaching of the faith in a way that people could understand. During my preaching missions, many people convered to the true faith. I died in 1221 after several weeks of illness. 

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Depiction in iconography
Attributes in iconography
Birth Date
8
8
1170
Is BC
Off
Death Date
6
8
1221
Is BC
Off
Beatified
Is BC
Off
Canonised
13
7
1234
Is BC
Off
Vocation
Description
Founder of the Dominican Order (OP)
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Gender
Male