Feast day: December 20
St. Dominic of Silos
A Spanish shepherd-turned-monk who, as abbot of Silos, rebuilt his monastery into a center of art and learning and was famed for ransoming Christians from Moorish captivity.
Centuries later a mother who prayed at his tomb named her son Dominic in thanks — that boy grew up to be St. Dominic, founder of the Dominicans.
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