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Dominican Order

Type Object Region Europe Time 1216

The Dominican Order (Ordo Praedicatorum), founded by the Spanish theologian Dominic and approved by the pope at Toulouse in 1216, was a mendicant ord…

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  1. 1216–1221Toulouse · FranceDominic preached against the Albigensian heresy in Languedoc and obtained Pope Honorius III's approval to found the Order of Preachers, establishing rules centered on poverty, itinerant preaching, and scholarly study.
  2. c. 1256–1274Paris · Île-de-FranceThe Dominicans established studia in university cities such as Paris, Oxford, and Bologna, where Thomas Aquinas completed works like the Summa Theologica, synthesizing Aristotelian philosophy with Christian faith and reaching the peak of medieval scholasticism.
  3. c. 1500Rome · LazioWith the Age of Discovery and colonial expansion the Dominicans missionized the Americas and Asia, headquartered near the Basilica of Saint Sabina in Rome, continuing preaching, education, and social service to the present day.

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