List of Dominican friars

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.

The following people belonging to the order have been proclaimed saints throughout history:[1]

"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

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

Numerous Dominicans have been beatified, including:

Five Dominican friars have served as Bishop of Rome:

  • Pope Innocent V (r. 1276)
  • Pope Benedict XI (r. 1303-04)
  • Pope Nicholas V (r. 1447-55)
  • Pope Pius V (r. 1566-72)
  • Pope Benedict XIII (r. 1724-30)

There are two Dominicans in the College of Cardinals:

Other notable Dominicans include:[2]

References

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