She went to the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos and asked a monk what ... from the Church of Jesus Christ," Petri explained. St. Dominic Guzman was born in Caleruega, Spain on Aug. 8, 1170.

On Aug. 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Dominic Guzman, who helped the cause of orthodoxy in the medieval Church by founding the Order of Preachers, also known as Dominicans.

THE first book ever written in Tagalog about the life of St. Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers (OP), is "Talambuhay ni Sto. Domingo de Guzman," written by Jigs Villaflores, a former Dominican ...