Dominican Order - Famous Dominicans

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"