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August Saints

Saint Dominic (1170-1221) Dominic was born at Calaregua, Spain and became an Augustinian canon regular at Osma. In 1206, he founded a convent whose first nuns were converts from the Albigensian heresy. Four years later, he founded the Order of Preachers, whose members relied on the usual religious customs and traditions but provided intellectual pursuits […]