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Saint Dominic, OP (Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (Spanish: [ɡuθˈman]), 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. He is alternatively called Dominic of Osma, Dominic of Caleruega, and Domingo Félix de Guzmán, and, in Britain and Ireland, Saint Sunday. (Full article...)

Attributes: Chaplet; dog; star; lilies; Dominican Order Habit; book and staff; tonsure
Patronage: Astronomy; astronomers; Dominican Republic; falsely accused people; Santo Domingo Indian Pueblo; scientists
See also: Four Crowned Martyrs; Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro, Spain; Mary MacKillop