Saint & pilgrimage guide

St. Dominic

Visit St. Dominic’s tomb in Bologna and trace the places connected with his preaching and the beginnings of the Dominican family.

Feast: August 8c. 1170–12214 connected places2 countries

The story

Dominic de Guzmán was a Castilian canon and preacher whose ministry in southern France helped shape the Order of Preachers. Study, common life, poverty, and preaching became defining features of the Dominican vocation.

Prouilhe and Fanjeaux preserve the landscape of his early preaching and community foundations. Santa Sabina represents the Order’s Roman memory, while Bologna preserves his principal tomb and the final chapter of his life.

How to read this pilgrimage

A Dominican pilgrimage moves from preaching and foundation in southern France to the Order’s Roman setting and Dominic’s tomb in Bologna.

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St. Dominic, pray for us.

On the map

Places connected with St. Dominic

Every card states the recorded relationship so a tomb, lifetime place, relic, and later devotional shrine are not presented as interchangeable claims.

Saint Tomb · Bologna, Italy

Basilica of San Domenico and Tomb of St. Dominic

principal tomb and bodily relics

St. Dominic died in Bologna in 1221 and his remains are venerated in the Arca di San Domenico.

Historic Church · Fanjeaux, France

Maison Saint-Dominique

ministry and preaching association

Fanjeaux preserves several traditions and places connected with Dominic’s preaching years.

Monastery · Fanjeaux, France

Monastery of Our Lady of Prouilhe

founder of the monastery and first Dominican community

Prouilhe identifies its foundation with St. Dominic and the beginnings of the Dominican family.

Basilica · Rome, Italy

Basilica of Santa Sabina

residence and Dominican institutional memory

Santa Sabina preserves the Roman memory of St. Dominic and the early Order.