List of Dominican friars

Summary

The Order of Preachers, or the Dominican Order, are a Catholic mendicant order founded by St Dominic de Guzman and approved by Pope Innocent III in 1216.

Saints edit

The following people belonging to the order have been proclaimed saints throughout history:

 
Saint Dominic (1170–1221), portrayed in the Perugia Altarpiece by Fra Angelico. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.
 
"St Thomas Aquinas" altarpiece in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, by Carlo Crivelli, 15th century
 
Death of Peter of Verona (1206–1252) by Girolamo Savoldo, ca. 1530–35
 
Louis Bertrand (1526–1581), portrait by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1640
 
Francisco Coll Guitart (1812–1875)

Numerous Dominicans were included in the canonization of the 117 martyrs of Vietnam and a group of martyrs in Nagasaki, including Saint Lorenzo Ruiz.

Beatified edit

Numerous Dominicans have been beatified, including:

Bishops and Cardinals edit

Four Dominican friars have served as Bishop of Rome:

There are three Dominicans in the College of Cardinals:

Others edit

Other notable Dominicans include:

References edit