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	The Compass newspaper -- Saint of the Day
		Dominic of Silos was born at Cañas, Navarre, Spain (in the northern part of the country near where the Pyrenees border France).
		Dominic, the abbatial staff of St. Dominic of Silos was used to bless queens of Spain, including when they were in labor, until 1931 when the republic of Spain was founded.
		The monastery of St. Dominic of Silos was restored in the 19th century and is highly regarded for its double Romanesque cloisters, its library and recordings of Gregorian chant.
	www.thecompassnews.org /compass/2002-12-13/02cn1213f2.shtml (422 words)

	MavicaNET - Dominic, Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Dominic, founder of the great order of preaching friars which bears his name, was born in the year 1170 at Calaruega, Castile, Spain, of a noble family with illustrious connections.
		Dominic was born in Castile, in Spain, in 1170.
		According to Dominican tradition, St. Dominic of Silos appeared to Blessed Joan of Aza (the mother of the later St. Dominic), who made a pilgrimage to his shrine before the birth of her son, and named him after the abbot of Silos.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/por/34588.html (483 words)

	Saints of December 20
		And by the time Dominic died in 1073 the monastery of San Sebastian, Silos, was one of the greatest in the land.
		Dominic's abbatial staff was used to bless Spanish queens and it remained by their bedside until they had a safe delivery.
		Gundisalvus was one of Saint Dominic's monks at the Benedictine abbey of Silos, Spain (Benedictines).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1220.htm (1132 words)

	Dominic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Several saints have borne this name, including the 13th-century founder of the Dominican order of friars.
		Saint Dominic of Silos (1000–1073), abbot of the Spanish monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos.
		Dominic of the Mother of God (1792–1849), English theologian.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominic (172 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Dominic of Silos
		Ordered by King Garcia III of Navarre to give him the monastery's lands, Dominic refused, and with two of his brother monks was driven from the house by force.
		One of the most beloved of Spanish saints, there were churches and monasteries dedicated to him as early as 1085, and the monastery he rebuilt is now known as Saint Dominic's.
		Dominic's abbatial staff was used to bless Spanish queens and was kept by their beds when they were in labour.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintd54.htm (335 words)

	Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Santo Domingo de Silos, to the south the Spanish province of Burgos.
		The monastery's scriptorium produced a finely illuminated Beatus manuscript (a commentary upon the Apocalypse), which is now in the British Library, having been sold in the 19th century.
		The monks of Silos became internationally famous in the early 1990s with the issue of several albums of Gregorian chant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monastery_of_Santo_Domingo_de_Silos (186 words)

	Saint Dominic of Silos, Abbot
		This Dominic was born at the begining of the eleventh century at Cañas in Navarre, on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees.
		St. Dominic of Silos is especially venerated in the order of Friars Preachers, because a century less four years after his death, he appeared, according to the tradition, to Bd.
		Until the revolution of 1931 ut was the custom for the abbot of Silos to bring the staff of St. Dominic to the royal palace whenever a queen of Spain was in labor and to leave it by her bedside until the birth had taken place.
	www.traditionalcatholic.net /Tradition/Calendar/12-20.html (526 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive Kids: A Saint a Day - St. Dominic of Silos
		Dominic was a shepherd boy and was born at Navarre in Spain.
		Dominic was appointed abbot of his monastery and brought about many changes for the better.
		Saint Dominic of Silos died on December 20, 1073.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /kids/saints/1220.asp (321 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Saint Dominic of Silos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Abbot, born Canas, Navarra, Spain; died Silos, 1073.
		In 1041 he was made prior of the monastery of Silos which he reformed and restored.
		To this day his staff is brought by the Abbot of Silos to the bedside of the Queen of Spain where it remains during the birth of the royal children.
	www.catholic-forum.com /Saints/ncd02804.htm (98 words)

	December 20 Saints of the Day
		There Dominic of Silos appeared to her and assured her that she would bear another son.
		For many years thereafter, the staff used by St. Dominic of Silos was brought to the royal palace whenever a queen of Spain was in labor.
		Saint Dominic was given the surname of Silos because of his long sojourn in the monastery of that name.
	www.religion-cults.com /saints/december20.htm (403 words)

	St. Dominic of Silos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Dominic of Silos was born in Navarre, Spain, on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees, and was a shepherd boy, looking after his father's flocks.
		Dominic of Silos died on December 20,1073, about a century before the birth of his namesake, St. Dominic of Calaruega.
		Before the Spanish Revolution of 1931, it was customary for the abbot of Silos to bring the staff of Dominic of Silos to the Spanish royal palace whenever the queen was in labor and to leave it at her bedside until the birth of her child had taken place.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/DOMSILOS.htm (500 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Saint Dominic, a Saint of the eleventh century, was given the surname of Silos because of his long sojourn in the monastery of that name.
		After many years of good works, Dominic felt the moment of the recompense approaching, and was advised of it by the Blessed Virgin.
		At his tomb Saint Joan of Aza, mother of Saint Dominic of Guzman, Founder of the Order which bears his name, later obtained the birth of her son, baptized under the name of his holy patron.
	www.infocatholic.com /viewSaint.aspx?SID=229 (419 words)

	ST. DOMINIC OF SILOS ENTHRONED AS ABBOT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This is one of the most monumental of Spanish paintings from the Middle Ages; and not only due to its size, which was not cannon in the Spanish art of the period, but because of the remarkable depiction of the saint in question.
		It is of the monk Dominic who founded the Silos Monastery (Burgos) in the 11th Century and was its first abbot.
		The artist, an andalusian painter who worked mostly in the kingdom of Aragon, shows the saint as a bishop, dressed in the characteristic regalia appropriate to such a position- pluvial cape, mitre and staff- and seated on a throne whose composition is almost architectual in scope.
	museoprado.mcu.es /i84.html (143 words)

	BookRags: Bartolomé Bermejo Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Dominic of Silos (now in the Prado Museum), combines Spanish realism and Flemish miniaturist detail.
		Dominic, responds to the ascending linear scheme of a slender, reversed S curve.
		Paradoxically, her weightless form is enveloped in heavy, voluminous garments through which she seems to rise like a visual metaphor of the transcendence of the soul.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-bartolome-bermejo (463 words)

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		Dominic of Silos is one of the most popular Spanish Saints.
		The custom prevailed until quite recently for the Abbot of Silos to bring St. Dominic’s staff to the bedside of the Queen of Spain when she was expecting the birth of a child and there it would remain until the delivery was successfully completed.
		Dominic of Silos is also the Patron Saint of Prisoners.
	www.konkanuae.com /home/stday.asp?id=96 (286 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive: Catholic Saints - St. Dominic of Silos
		Dominic, a Spanish shepherd boy, was born at the beginning of the eleventh century.
		Dominic refused to give them to the king.
		Dominic worked many miracles to cure all kinds of sicknesses.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /dailysaint/december/1220.asp (291 words)

	Cnytr: St. Dominic image?
		His face doesn't look to me like St. Dominic, and while the fl and white habit is present, the cope (and dalmatic-looking chasuble???) mostly covers it.
		He does not seem to follow how Saint Dominic is usually illustrated, and the items he is holding/wearing would indeed be representative of a Bishop/Pope.
		Ah yes, so this Dominic is the patron saint of monks who package and market chant recordings...
	cnytr.blogspot.com /2005/06/st-dominic-image.html (727 words)

	Dec 20 Dominic of Silos and Christmas memories
		Dominic not only reformed and rejuvenated the monastery, he led it to some renown in his day and beyond.
		ninety six years after his death, Dominic appeared to Joan of Aza, who had made a pilgrimage to his shrine, and told her that she'd have another son.
		Joan named her son Dominic who later became the founder of an order of preachers.
	journals.aol.com /wtnolansr/SAINTSandSONS/entries/2004/12/22/.../847 (1109 words)

	Beliefnet's Saint of the Day Newsletter
		Our saint today, Dominic of Silos was born in Spain around the year 1000 into a peasant family.
		Following a dispute with the king over property, Dominic and two other monks were exiled.
		Under Dominic’s leadership, however, it became one of the most famous houses in Spain.
	www.beliefnet.com /nllp/saintoftheday.aspx?date=12-20-2005 (234 words)

	Panel Paintings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		They tell the story of St. Dominic from just before his birth to the founding of the Order.
		The texts below the paintings are taken from the Mass and Office of St. Dominic and other histories.
		They begin at the first window to the right as one enters the chapel from the north (front) corridor.
	www.op-stjoseph.org /Students/tour/toura005.htm (467 words)

	St. Dominic of Silos - Catholic Online
		King Garcia III of Navarre challenged him when he became abbot of the monastery, and Dominic refused to surrender part of the Benedictine lands to the crown.
		Dominic reformed the abbey, built the cloisters in Romanesque style, and started a scriptorium that became famous throughout the region.
		Dominic’s shrine is noted for its place in the birth of Dominic de Guzman, the founder of the Order of Preachers.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=2938 (489 words)

	What Was New : 2001 January, February and March The Order of Saint Benedict. First Quarter. OSB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The one thousandth anniversary of the birth of Santo Domingo de Silos is fast approaching.
		In order to mark this anniversary appropriately, the Abbey of Silos and the University of Burgos are preparing to sponsor an International Congress on the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos.
		The series of day-long offerings will address the historic, cultural, artistic and spiritual aspects that have made the Abbey of Silos one of the international "points of reference" for monastic life.
	www.osb.org /new/0101new.html (1340 words)

	Rosary Since Vatican II
		Rosary Since Vatican II The Rosary Since Vatican II Reports about the rosary's demise are premature.
		The same shops which a few months ago sold recordings of Gregorian chant from the monks of St. Dominic de Silos now feature cassettes of the pope reciting the rosary.
		Those unfamiliar with the rosary appear curious; others wonder whether there might be a relation between the rosary and the current interest in spirituality and prayer.
	www.udayton.edu /mary/resources/rosary.html (2689 words)

	Dominic, Saint - MavicaNET
		Biography: Dominic, preacher, friar, missionary (8 August 1221) - English
		Patron Saints Index: Saint Dominic de Guzman - English
		Medieval Sourcebook: The Golden Legend: St. Dominic - English
	www.mavicanet.com /directory/hrv/34588.html (469 words)

	Garfield's World: AlbaniaHistory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		They began to concentrate primarily on securing and maintaining their power base; and secondarily on preserving Albania's independence and reshaping the country according to the precepts of Stalinism
		Main article: Albanian lands under Ottoman domination Ottoman Empire supremacy in the Balkan region began in 1385 but was briefly interrupted in the 15th century ; when Skanderbeg ; an Albanian warrior known as Skanderbeg ; allied with some Albanian chiefs and fought-off Turkish rule from 1443 - 1478 (although Kastrioti died in 1468)
		Upon the Ottomans ' return; a large number of Albanians fled to Italy ; Greece and Egypt and many of the Albanians who remained (about two-thirds of the Albanian population); submitted and converted to the Islam ic faith in the 17th century
	hu_atomsugr.hu.odds-nfl.info /en/December20 (3083 words)

	Old Stuff: The Twentieth Day of December
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		In Spain, the death of St. Dominic of Silos of the Order of St. Benedict, greatly celebrated for his miracles in liberating captives.
		At Rome, the birthday of St. Zephyrinus, pope and martyr, whose feast is observed on August 26.
	members.wri.com /billw/blog/archives/000559.shtml (425 words)

	Dominic Did You Mean dominic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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		Texts derived from WikiPedia Read the article: Dominic on WikiPedia
	www.did-you-mean.com /Dominic.html (102 words)

	religion: christianity: people: saints: d: saint-dominic Spirit And Sky
		Brief biography from The One Year Book of Saints, by Clifford Stevens.
		Short biography of St. Dominic, by Karen Rae Keck.
		Accepts the pious tradition that St. Dominic promoted the Rosary.
	spiritandsky.com /religion/christianity/people/saints/d/saint-dominic (120 words)

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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/34c3914b043ad847a19afeb4da09e526.html (55 words)

	St. Dominic of Silos - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
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