--- title: "St. Dominic: Feast Day August 8, Life & Quotes · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/ description: "St. Dominic, Priest, patron of astronomers and preachers. Feast day August 8, died c. 1221. Read their life and their own words, with sources." --- 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](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#8) | | In the US calendar | Memorial | | Title | Priest | | Died | c. 1221 | | Patron of | [astronomers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#astronomers), [preachers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#preachers) | | In their own words | [2 sourced quotations](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#words) | | Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, August 8, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#calendar) | ## 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. [Astronomers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#astronomers) [Preachers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#preachers) Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/). ## 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](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#scripture). > Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes. — *Words recorded by early Dominicans*, c. 1220 > Have charity, guard humility, and make your treasure out of voluntary poverty. — *Last words to his brothers*, 1221 ## 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. 1. 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](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/6/#v20) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Have charity, guard humility, and make your treasure out of voluntary poverty.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#q162) 2. 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](https://blessbible.app/bible/ephesians/6/#v17) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#q161) 3. On this theme > And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection. — [Colossians 3:14](https://blessbible.app/bible/colossians/3/#v14) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Have charity, guard humility, and make your treasure out of voluntary poverty.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#q162) 4. 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](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-peter/5/#v5) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#q161) ## 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. | Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) | |---|---|---|---| | [Sunday, August 8, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/08/) | Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | 1 Kings 19:4-8 · Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 · Ephesians 4:30—5:2 · John 6:51 · John 6:41-51 | | [Tuesday, August 8, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/08/) | St. Dominic, Priest (Memorial) | White | Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 · Psalm 102:16-18, 19-21, 29, 22-23 · John 1:49b · Matthew 14:22-36 | Readings Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [August 7 St. Cajetan](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cajetan/) [August 9 St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross/) [All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 8?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-08) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/) Spotted a mistake in a date, a patronage or a quotation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. St. Dominic Feast day August 8 On this page 1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#life) 2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#patron) 3. [In their own words](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#words) 4. [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#scripture) 5. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/#calendar) In the app Bless shows a saint every day on its Today screen, with their life and their words. 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