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SAINT DOMINIC CONFESSOR, FOUNDER OF THE ORDER OF PREACHING FRIARS Dominic was born in Caleruega in Spain, in 1170, from the noble family of Guzmán. His parents gave him this name, because they attributed his birth to the prayers of the Saint Benedictine Abbot Dominic of Silos; and he truly belonged to the Lord as this name indicates. He was distinguished by his purity, indicated by the lilies placed in his hand and by the white dress he wears. He applied himself in Palencia to the study of liberal disciplines and theology; in which he studied he made such progress, that first at the age of 24 he was made canon regular of the church of Osma, and later founded the Order of Preachers.