Famous Dominicans
The following people belonging to the Order have been proclaimed saints throughout history:
- St. Dominic (d. 1221)
- St. Peter Martyr (d. 1252)
- St. Zedislava Berkiana (d. 1252)
- St. Hyacinth (d. 1257)
- St. Margaret of Hungary (d. 1271)
- St. Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)
- St. Raymond of Peñafort (d. 1275)
- St. Albert the Great (d. 1280)
- St. Agnes of Montepulciano (d. 1317)
- St. Catherine of Siena (d. 1380)
- St. Vincent Ferrer (d. 1419)
- St. Antoninus (d. 1459)
- St. Alanus de Rupe (d. 1475)
- Pope St. Pius V (d. 1572)
- St. Louis Bertrand (d. 1581)
- St. Catherine de Ricci (d. 1590)
- St. Rose of Lima (d. 1617)
- St. Martin de Porres (d. 1639)
- St. John Macias (d. 1645)
- Thomasian Martyrs (Asia and Spain, 17th and 18th centuries)
- St. Louis de Montfort (d. 1716)
- St. Francisco Coll Guitart (d. 1875)
- St. John of Cologne (d. 1600)
Numerous Dominicans were included in the canonization of the 117 martyrs of Vietnam and a group of martyrs in Nagasaki, including St. Lorenzo Ruiz.
Numerous Dominicans have been beatified, including:
- Blessed Jordan of Saxony
- Blessed Peter González
- Blessed Margaret of Castello
- Blessed Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz
- Blessed Ceslaus, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
- Blessed Henry Suso
- Blessed Fra Angelico
- Pope Blessed Innocent V
- Pope Blessed Benedict XI
- Blessed Reginald of Orleans
- Blessed Jan Franciszek Czartoryski
Four Dominican friars have served as Bishop of Rome:
- Pope Innocent V
- Pope Benedict XI
- Pope St. Pius V
- Pope Benedict XIII
As of 2012, there are three Dominicans in the College of Cardinals
- Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier (Theologian emeritus of the Pontifical Household; he is over 80 and therefore won't be able to participate in any future Conclave)
- Christoph Cardinal Schönborn (Archbishop of Vienna)
- Dominik Duka, O.P. (Archbishop of Prague)
Other famous Dominicans include:
- Gabriel Barletta
- Giordano Bruno
- Francisco de Vitoria (one of the founders of International Law)
- Bartolomé de las Casas
- Nicholas Eymerich
- Bernard Gui
- Tomás de Torquemada
- Jeanine Deckers, "The Singing Nun"
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