Dominican Order
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Summary
Dominican Order is a mendicant order[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of mendicant order entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,417 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Instance of: first order[5], organization[6]
- Founder: Saint Dominic[7]
- Headquarters location: Basilica of Saint Sabina[8]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of the Dominican Order (I)[9]
- Location: Rome[10]
- Child organization or unit: Nuns of the Order of Preachers[11]
- Part of: Dominican Family[12]
- Commons category: Dominican Order[13]
- Has part(s): dominican friar[14], Province of Hispania of the Order of Preachers[15], Polish Dominican Province[16], Czech dominican province[17], Dominican Province of Slovakia[18], Croatian Dominican Province[19], Dominican Province of Our Lady of the Rosary[20], Swiss Dominican Province[21], province dominicaine de France[22], province dominicaine de Toulouse[23]
- Inception: 1215[24], December 22, 1216[25]
- Parent organization or unit: Vatican City[26]
- Official website: https://op.org/[27], https://www.osservatoredomenicano.it/[28], https://www.dominicos.org/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dominican Order[30]
- Main subject: lifestance organisation[31]
- OpenStreetMap tag: community=OP[32]
- Depicted by: Adoration of the Crucifix by the Dominican saints[33], Manuscript Leaf from an Antiphonary, with the Visitation in an Initial An and Cardinal Adam Easton with a Dominican Saint and Saint Dominic[34]
- Described by source: Vlastenský slovník historický[35], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[36], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], The Catholic Encyclopedia[40], The New Student's Reference Work[41], New International Encyclopedia[42]
- Motto text: Laudare, benedicere, praedicare.[43]
- Subject named as: Dominikaner[44]
- Short name: O.P.[45]
- Owner of: Basilica of Santa Maria Novella[46]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Dominican Order include Blackfriars Bridge[47], a steel bridge[48], in United Kingdom[49], founded in 1869[50]; Paulinerkirche[51], an abbey church[52], in Germany[53], founded in 1231[54]; Jacobin[55], a pigeon breed[56]; rue Saint-Dominique[57], a street[58], in France[59], founded in 1701[60]; and Dominicans Island[61], an island[62], in Germany[63].
Why It Matters
Dominican Order has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 198 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for it include Blackfriars Bridge[47], a steel bridge[48], in United Kingdom[49], founded in 1869[50]; Paulinerkirche[51], an abbey church[52], in Germany[53], founded in 1231[54]; Jacobin[55], a pigeon breed[56]; rue Saint-Dominique[57], a street[58], in France[59], founded in 1701[60]; and Dominicans Island[61], an island[62], in Germany[63].