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Key Facts |
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Dominic of Osma, Saint Dominic |
| Born |
1170 |
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Caleruega, Spain |
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| Position |
Head of Papal Militia Army |
| Died |
August 1221 |
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Background |
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Born to a wealthy family in Caleruega, half-way between Osma and Aranda in Old Castile, Spain. His father belonged to the family de Guzmán, and that his mother belonged to the Aça or Aza family. |
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Dominic was educated in the schools of Palencia, afterwards a university, where he devoted six years. |
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In 1203 or 1204 he accompanied Diego de Acebo, the bishop of Osma, on a diplomatic mission for Alfonso VIII, king of Castile. In 1205, Dominic made his way to Rome where he joined a mission to assist in the set up a Papal encampment as Prouille in France. |
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For whatever reason Bishop Diego de Acebo of Osma was recalled and sent back to his diocese around 1207. In 1208, Dominic established his own breakaway band of military monks under the patronage of Pierre Seila of Toulouse and Bishop Foulques of Toulouse. |
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In 1215, Bishop Foulques travelled to Rome with Dominic and his military monks to meet Innocent III. The following year Pope Honorius III not only granted to establish the Order of Preachers also known as the Dominican Order but appointed Dominic as head of a Papal Militia Army to wipe the Cathars off the face of the Earth. |
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Ordered to form and an initial force of 200,000 foot troops was established with assistance from 20,000 mail-clad, horse-mounted knights. The general populace labelled them the "Throat-cutters" but Dominic deemed them the "Militia of Jesus Christ". |
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Dominic is also credited with establishing and presiding over the infamous auto da fé the openly satanic sacrifice of human beings by fire and other evil methods of torture. |
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He is also credited with re-establishing the famous Prayer Necklacke of Cybele, as the Rosary. |
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Most Evil Crimes |
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List of most evil crimes |
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Of establishing an unlawful enterprise for the purpose of crime: (1206) That Dominic, also known as St. Dominic did conspire with Pope Innocent III to reinvigorate the income stream from sale of icons by claiming to have seen an apparition of Mary with Rosary beads. Pope grants St. Dominic his own order and effective control of any wealth gathered through the Albigense crusades against the Cathars in France. To this day, this simple false enterprise of icon worship and use has generated over $3 Billion (2006 US equivalent currency) alone for the Roman Catholic Church. |
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Of establishing an unlawful enterprise for the purpose of crime:
Ordo Praedicatorum, Order of Preachers, Dominicans by Saint Dominic December 1216 by Pope Honorius III (see also Religiosam vitam; Nos attendentes) as an order sent out to locate heresy amongst existing populations and arrange repentance, torture or sentence. In particular, to provide special support to military units in the hunt and elimination of heretics. |
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Death and Legacy |
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