Celebrating 800 Years!

Feast of all Dominican Saints

November 7th is the Feast of All Saints of the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominicans.

Founded by Spaniard St. Dominic de Guzman in France in the early 13th century, the Order has 14 canonized saints and 215 beatified among its friars, nuns, sisters, lay members, and fraternities. Over the centuries the unnamed Dominican martyrs for the faith number in the tens of thousands, including many among the Martyrs of Nagasaki and the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Some of the most famous Dominican saints include

St. Thomas Aquinas,

St. Catherine of Siena,

St. Rose of Lima,

St. Martin de Porres,

Pope St. Pius V,

St. Vincent Ferrer,

St. Hyacinth,

St. Louis de Montfort,

St. Albert the Great,

St. Louis Bertrand,

St. Catherine de Ricci,

St. Margaret of Hungary,

and St. Peter Martyr.