Dominican Order
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| Ordo Praedicatorum | |
 Coat o airms o the order | |
| Abbreviation | OP |
|---|---|
| Motto | Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare ("Tae Praise, Tae Bless, Tae Preach") |
| Formation | 1216 |
| Foonder | Saunt Dominic |
| Teep | Mendicant Catholic releegious order |
| Legal status | Institute o Consecratit Life |
| Heidquarters |
Santa Sabina, Roum, Italy |
Membership (2013) | 6,058 (includin 4,470 priests)[1] |
| Bruno Cadoré | |
| Affiliations | Catholic Kirk |
| Wabsteid |
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The Order o Preachers (Laitin: Ordo Praedicatorum, postnominal abbreviation O.P.), an aa kent as the Dominican Order, is a mendicant Catholic releegious order foondit bi the Spaingie priest Dominic o Caleruega in Fraunce, approved bi Pape Honorius III via the papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Order of Friars Preachers – Dominicans". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
