St. Dominic
Feast day: August 8
The son of Felix de Guzman, a noble, and Blessed Joan of Aza, Dominic was born in Calaruega, Spain, in 1170. He studied at the University of Palencia and became a canon regular at the cathedral of Osma. Dominic accompanied his bishop to southern France to preach against the Albigensian heretics and to reform the local monasteries. He established a convent at Prouille in 1206, which would become the first Dominican house. He, along with six of his companions, founded the religious order known as the Order of Preachers, or Dominicans. Dominic died in 1221 and was canonized in 1234. He is patron of astronomers and the Dominican Republic.
Prayer
May Saint Dominic come to the help of your Church
by his merits and teaching, O Lord,
and may he, who was an outstanding preacher of your truth,
be a devoted intercessor on our behalf.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
