To give alms to the poor, he sold his possessions, even his precious annotated books, thinking that the living skins of the famished were more important than the dead skins of his books. Around that time, there was a terrible famine. At the age of 14, he went to the university in Palencia, in the kingdom of Leon. Even as a child, Dominic avoided games and denied himself the comfort of a bed to sleep on the floor.ġ184 Dominic went to the university in Palencia. His uncle was a parish priest in Gumiel d’Izan.
As a boy, Dominic was sent to his mother’s brother to receive instruction for seven years. Two nephews of Dominic would also join the Order, sons most likely of his sister. Their eldest son Anthony would become a Canon of Saint James, and their second, Mannes, would eventually follow his younger brother in the Order of Preachers. They lived in a tower in the little village of which they were the royal wardens. His parents were Blessed Jane or Joan of Aza, renown for her charity to the poor and her miracles, and a nobleman named Felix de Guzman. The boy was christened probably after Saint Dominic of Silas whose nearby shrine was a favorite of his mother. Later, she saw the moon on his forehead, yet at his Baptism, his godmother perceived it as a star. In the year 1170, the same year in which Saint Thomas Becket was martyred in England, Dominic de Guzman was born in Calarogo, now Caleruega, Spain, about 20 miles from the Cathedral in Osma.īefore his mother conceived him, she saw in a vision that a dog with a burning torch in its mouth would come forth from her womb and set the world aflame. The spiritual life of the Church was in the process of renewal, but there was still ignorance and division that threatened to get worse. As the Middle Ages were approaching their peak, the pope grew in prominence beyond any king in Christendom. Dominic – Friday, Aug– about 6PM.ĭominic de Guzman was born in Calarogo, now Caleruega, Spain. Dominic sets out for Rome to complete the foundation.ġ217 The founder is allowed to return to Toulouse in May of 1217.ġ218 By January 1218, Dominic had walked back to Rome.ġ219 Dominic then travels through France to his Spanish homeland, and then as far as Paris by June of 1219.ġ220 The first General Chapter of the Order is held in Bologna around Pentecost, 1220.ġ221 Death of St. 1170 Domingo de Guzmán is born in Caleruega, Spain.ġ184 Dominic attends the university in Palencia.ġ190 He is appointed to the canonry at Osma.ġ203 Dominic accompanies his holy bishop to the Marches of France.ġ206 On the feast of Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Dominic has a vision.ġ207 Bishop Diego dies and Saint Dominic takes charge of the small band of preachers.ġ208 Servants of an Albigensian count murder a papal legate, giving the heresy more political significance.ġ211 Saint Dominic’s prayers save drowning pilgrims.ġ215 Dominic goes to the Lateran Council.ġ216 Pope Honorius III succeeds Innocent III.
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