St Dominic De Guzman
St Dominic was mostly known as St Dominic but his real full name was St Dominic De Guzman and he
also started the order of Preaches. St Dominic was born in about 1173 in Caleruega, Spain. St
Dominic had two brothers named Antonio and Mannes. His mums name was Jane and his Dad was
Felix. St Dominic’s parents were very Dominican people because they both always helped the poor
and always went to church with St Dominic and his brothers nearly every day.
St Dominic was a great man. The symbol of a dog with a flame represents St Dominic when his mum
dreamed that she would give birth to a dog who would hold a torch in its mouth and burn the world.
Some other symbols that represent St Dominic de Guzman are sunflowers, Oranges, empty bowl,
books and one of the main symbols is Veritas this symbol represents him because it means Truth and
St Dominic was a very truthful man and never lied.
St Dominic studied very hard every day to become a priest. He studied at Osma – Palencia and
became an assistant priest to the bishop. Some of the reasons why St Dominic became a saint was
because he raised to life a widow’s son from the dead. He also in 1191 gave away all his money, sold
his clothes, furniture and even very precious manuscripts to feed the hungry. St Dominic also sold all
his books to other students even though education was a very important thing to him. Prayer was a
very special part of St Dominic’s life because his parents would take him to their local church called
St Sebastian’s nearly every day to show him how much God really loved him. St Dominic was
declared a saint in 1224 because he always put others before him and looked after everyone around
him.
So overall St Dominic De Guzman was a very friendly, helpful and kind person. He is a very wellknown saint and is a great inspiration to other Dominican people. St Dominic De Guzman died on
about August the 6th, in 1221 in Bolonga, Italy and his feast day in on the 8th of August and then
became a saint after he had died.