Holy Dominicans Biographical Summaries & Feast Days of Dominican Saints and Blesseds with Selected Patrons and Commemorations
Holy Dominicans Biographical Summaries & Feast Days of Dominican Saints and Blesseds with Selected Patrons and Commemorations Catherine Dominic Martin de Porres 1 Holy Dominicans 2 The Dominican Province of St. Joseph New York, New York 1997 VERITAS Cover photos: St. Catherine of Siena, frescoe, Vanni, Church of St. Dominic, Siena St. Dominic, bronze, Thomas McGlynn, O.P., Madonna del Arco, Naples, 1974 St. Martin de Porres, bronze, Thomas McGlynn, O.P. Providence College, 2nd casting, 1978 Vocations Office Address Vocation Director St. Vincent Ferrer Priory 869 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10021-6680 Tel. 212–744–2080; FAX: 212–327–3011 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. FOREWORD 5–6 II. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARIES LISTED BY MONTH 7–43 III. PRINCIPAL PATRONS OF THE ORDER 45–46 IV. PRINCIPAL COMMEMORATIONS 47–50 V. THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO HOLINESS 51–52 N SUPPLEMENT A. LISTING OF SAINTS & BLESSEDS BY CENTURY 54–55 B. LISTING OF SAINTS & BLESSEDS BY MONTH 56–57 C. ALPHABETICAL INDEX LISTING OF SAINTS & BLESSEDS 58–59 D. PUBLICATION INFORMATION 60 E. SOURCE INFORMATION 60–61 F. SELECTED READINGS 62–63 4 The Coronation of the Virgin, Fra Angelico, Upper floor, cell 9, San Marco, Florence. Frescoe, 1440-1. This coronation scene includes the founders of the Benedictines, the Dominicans, and the Franciscans—each representing a special reli- gious charism in the life of the Church. The act of the coronation, set in heaven, is performed not, as in the painting in the Uffizi and the reliquary panel at San Marco, before a host of onlookers, but in isolation, with six kneeling saints who proclaim, but do not assist in, the main scene.
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