Dominican Order
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The Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian priest named Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull... Wikipedia
Founder: Saint Dominic
Founded: December 22, 1216, France
Abbreviation: OP
Headquarters: Convento Santa Sabina, Piazza Pietro d'Illiria 1, Rome, Italy
Membership (2020): 5,545 members (includes 4,147 priests)
Motto: Laudare, benedicere, praedicare; (Latin for 'To praise, to bless, to preach')