Order of Preachers

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The Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century and dedicated to preaching, teaching, and theological scholarship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious order
clerical religious institute of pontifical right
mendicant order
activity itinerant preaching
parish ministry
spiritual direction
teaching in schools and universities
theological research
approvedBy Pope Honorius III
coatOfArms black and white cross fleury with star and dog with torch
commonName Dominican friars
surface form: Dominican Order
continentOfActivity Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
countryOfOrigin France
educationalFocus philosophy
theology
university studies
foundedBy Saint Dominic
founder Saint Dominic
surface form: Dominic de Guzmán
foundingDate 1216
foundingPapalBull Religiosam vitam
governingBody General Chapter of the Order of Preachers
habitColor white habit with black cappa
hasBranch Dominican friars
Dominican nuns
Dominican nuns
surface form: Dominican sisters

Lay Dominicans
hasDistinctiveRite Dominican Rite
hasFemaleBranch Dominican nuns
surface form: Second Order (Dominican nuns)
hasLayBranch Third Order of Saint Dominic
surface form: Third Order (Lay Dominicans)
headedBy Master of the Order of Preachers
headquartersLocation Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy
historicalContextOfFoundation Albigensian Crusade
liturgicalTradition Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
memberDesignation Dominican friar
Dominican layperson
Dominican nun
Dominican sister
mission preaching for the salvation of souls
motto Veritas
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoMeaning Truth
namedAfter Saint Dominic
notableMember Albert the Great
Bartolomé de las Casas
Catherine of Siena
Girolamo Savonarola
Meister Eckhart
Saint Raymond of Penyafort
surface form: Raymond of Peñafort

St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

Vincent Ferrer
notableTheologicalTradition Thomism
patronSaint Saint Dominic
primaryCharism preaching
teaching
theological scholarship
regionOfOrigin Languedoc
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rite Roman Rite
shortName O.P.
symbol dog with torch
lily
star over Saint Dominic
typeOfSpirituality Thomistic spirituality
scholastic spirituality
vows chastity
obedience
poverty

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Pope Pius V religiousOrder Order of Preachers
Martin Bucer memberOf Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
University of Santo Tomas founder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Albert the Great memberOf Order of Preachers
Albert the Great memberOf Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Constitutions of the Order of Preachers religiousFamily Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Constitutions of the Order of Preachers promulgatedBy Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Master of the Order of Preachers
Constitutions of the Order of Preachers canBeModifiedBy Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: General Chapter of the Order of Preachers
Constitutions of the Order of Preachers periodicallyRevisedBy Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: General Chapters of the Order of Preachers
Francisco de Vitoria memberOf Order of Preachers
Dominican Rite usedBy Order of Preachers
Dominican Rite usedBy Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Dominican Rite developedBy Order of Preachers
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) religiousAffiliation Order of Preachers
subject surface form: Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) runBy Order of Preachers
subject surface form: Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) operatedBy Order of Preachers
subject surface form: Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) foundedBy Order of Preachers
subject surface form: Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Churches and Convents of Goa associatedWith Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Saint Dominic founded Order of Preachers
Saint Dominic founded Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Rule of Saint Augustine influenced Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Dominican nuns religiousOrder Order of Preachers
Dominican nuns partOf Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
École Biblique religiousOrder Order of Preachers
École Biblique foundedBy Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
École Biblique affiliation Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Ohio Dominican University religiousAffiliation Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Capilla del Rosario associatedWith Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Church of Santo Domingo associatedWithOrder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
R. Luke Concanen memberOf Order of Preachers
Santa Maria delle Grazie with The Last Supper religiousOrder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Church of San Pablo religiousOrder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Dominican convent on Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris religiousOrder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Jacobin convent religiousOrder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Batalha Monastery partOf Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Batalha Monastery order Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Pope Gregory IX supported Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Commentary on the Sentences religiousOrderContext Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo religiousOrder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo founder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse religiousOrder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse foundedBy Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Pope Honorius III approvedReligiousOrder Order of Preachers
Pope Honorius III approvedReligiousOrder Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Lothar of Segni approved Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order
Jerónimo de Loayza memberOf Order of Preachers
Jerónimo de Loayza order Order of Preachers
this entity surface form: Dominican Order