Priest · Feast day August 8
St. Dominic
The feast day of St. Dominic is August 8, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of astronomers and preachers. Below: a short life and 2 sourced quotations in their own words.
| Feast day | August 8 |
|---|---|
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | c. 1221 |
| Patron of | astronomers, preachers |
| In their own words | 2 sourced quotations |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
A Castilian canon who sold his books in a famine, unwilling to study on dead skins while the poor died of hunger, and walked barefoot through Languedoc preaching against the Albigensian despair with fasting and joy.
He founded the Order of Preachers, sending his friars two by two to the universities. Tradition gives him the Rosary. He wept nightly for sinners, asking the Lord what would become of them.
Patron of
Tradition invokes St. Dominic as patron of astronomers and preachers.
Patronages are traditional, not an official list. All patron saints in Bless, A to Z.
In their own words
Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under In Scripture.
Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.
Have charity, guard humility, and make your treasure out of voluntary poverty.
In Scripture
In Bless, St. Dominic’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version.
On this theme
Instead, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither rust nor moth consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Matthew 6:20 · CPDV Beside their words: “Have charity, guard humility, and make your treasure out of voluntary poverty.”
On this theme
And take up the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit (which is the Word of God).
Ephesians 6:17 · CPDV Beside their words: “Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.”
On this theme
And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.
Colossians 3:14 · CPDV Beside their words: “Have charity, guard humility, and make your treasure out of voluntary poverty.”
On this theme
Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.
1 Peter 5:5 · CPDV Beside their words: “Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.”
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Dominic. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Dominic keeps August 8 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of August.
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