Santo domingo de guzman biography of abraham

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He married María de la O Mansuit Ramírez on 2 July , in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Dominican Republic.

Dominic was born in Spain, in Caleruega, around He belonged to a noble family of Old Castile and, supported by an uncle priest, was educated at a famous.

Santo Domingo once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between and , is the capital and largest city of the Dominican.

He married Luz Hopelman on 15 December , in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Dominican Republic.

He was an instrumental figure in the Spanish colonization of the Caribbean and still remains the namesake of the Dominican Republic's capital.

Dominic of Guzmán, Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna 

For a Christian to live one’s life entirely consumed by Christ, to be united with Him in prayer, to have the Name of Jesus always on one’s lips, might seem an impossible ideal.

And yet, we know of great men and women throughout history who have lived up to that ideal more or less closely. One of these was Dominic Guzman, St Dominic, an exact contemporary of St Francis, who, like the Poor Man of Assisi, tried to conform his life to the model of Jesus Christ.

The two preachers

Dominic’s story begins in 1170, with his birth in the small mountain village of Caleruega in Spain.

Growing up in a pious family the young Dominic was steeped in the teachings of the Gospel. Perhaps inspired by the example of his uncle, who was a priest, a religious vocation seemed like a natural path for the young man.

At age 24, Dominic was ordained, and soon became a Canon i