Dominic de Guzmán

On 8 August the Church remembers Dominic de Guzmán (1221) also known as Saint Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominican Friar’s).
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For a Christian to live one’s life entirely consumed by Christ, to be united with Him in prayer, to have the Name of Jesus always on one’s lips, might seem an impossible ideal. And yet, we know of great men and women throughout history who have lived up to that ideal more or less closely. One of these was Dominic de Guzman, a contemporary of Saint Francis of Assisi, who, like Francis, tried to conform his life to the model of Jesus Christ.

But who was Dominic de Guzmán?

Dominic de Guzmán