The Order of Preachers was founded by St. Dominic de Guzman, a Spanish friar, in 1215 to proclaim the word of God by preaching, teaching and example, while they are sustained by life in common. Through the synthesis of the contemplative life and the active ministry, numerous members and affiliates of the Order have attained heroic virtues and were recognized for their holiness being canonized and are currently on beatification process thereafter.
The following is an exhaustive list of Dominican members, affiliates and those who embraced the Dominican spirituality who are now recognized as saints, blesseds, venerables and servants of God in the Catholic Church. It also includes those who are considered probable candidates for sainthood. As of 1970, three members have been recognized as Doctors of the Church.
Doctors of the Church
Tommaso d'Aquino (1225–1274), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Italy) Canonized: 18 July 1323 by Pope John XXII Declared "Doctor of the Church": 11 April 1567 by Pope Pius V Albertus Magnus (c. 1200–1280), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) Beatified: 1622 by Pope Gregory XV Canonized: 16 December 1931 by Pope Pius XI Declared "Doctor of the Church": 16 December 1931 by Pope Pius XI Caterina Benincasa (1347–1380), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Siena; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 29 December 1460 by Pope Pius II Canonized: 29 June 1461 by Pope Pius II Declared "Doctor of the Church": 3 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Saints
Domingo Félix de Guzmán (1170–1221), Founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (Spain–Italy) Canonized: 13 July 1234 by Pope Gregory IX Pietro Martire da Verona (1205–1252), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Martyr in odium fidei (Italy) Canonized: 9 March 1253 by Pope Innocent IV Richard de Wych (c. 1197–1253), Bishop of Chichester (United Kingdom) Canonized: 25 January 1262 by Pope Urban IV Vicente Ferrer Miquel (1350–1419), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Spain–France) Canonized: 3 June 1455 by Pope Callixtus III Antonio Pierozzi (1389–1459), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Archbishop of Florence (Italy) Canonized: 31 May 1523 by Pope Adrian VI Jacek Odrowąż (c. 1185–1257), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Poland) Canonized: 17 April 1594 by Pope Clement VIII Raimundo de Peñafort (c. 1175–1275), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; 3rd Master General (Spain) Beatified: 1542 by Pope Paul III Canonized: 29 April 1601 by Pope Clement VIII Luis Bertrán Eixarch (1526–1581), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Spain) Beatified: 19 July 1608 by Pope Paul V Canonized: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X Isabel Flores de Oliva (rel. name: Rosa) (1586–1617), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Lima; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Peru) Beatified: 15 April 1668 by Pope Clement IX Canonized: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X Pope Pius V [Antonio Ghislieri] (rel. name: Michele) (1504–1572), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Pope (Italy) Beatified: 1 May 1672 by Pope Clement X Canonized: 22 May 1712 by Pope Clement XI Agnese Segni (c. 1268–1317), Professed Religious of the Dominican Nuns (Italy) Beatified: 1532 by Pope Clement VII Canonized: 10 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII Alessandra Lucrezia de' Ricci (rel. name: Caterina) (1522–1590), Layperson of the Diocese of Prato; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 23 November 1732 by Pope Clement XII Canonized: 29 June 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV Johannes van Hoornaar (c. 1500–1572), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Martyr in odium fidei (Germany–Netherlands) Beatified: 24 November 1675 by Pope Clement X Canonized: 29 June 1865 by Pope Pius IX Margit of Árpád (1242–1270), Professed Religious of the Dominican Nuns (Croatia – Hungary) Beatified: 28 July 1789 by Pope Pius VI Canonized: 19 November 1943 by Pope Pius XII Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673–1716), Priest of the Archdiocese of Rennes; Founder of the Company of Mary (Montfort Missionaries), the Daughters of Wisdom and the Brothers of Saint Gabriel (France) Declared "Venerable": 29 September 1869 Beatified: 22 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 20 July 1947 by Pope Pius XII Martín de Porres Velázquez (1579–1639), Professed Religious of the Dominicans (Peru) Declared "Venerable": 27 February 1763 Beatified: 29 October 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI Canonized: 6 May 1962 by Pope John XXIII Juan Arcas Sánchez (rel. name: Juan Macías) (1585–1645), Professed Religious of the Dominicans (Spain–Peru) Declared "Venerable": 2 February 1762 Beatified: 22 October 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI Canonized: 28 September 1975 by Pope Paul VI Zdislava Berka (c. 1220–1252), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Litoměřice; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Czechia) Beatified: 28 August 1907 by Pope Pius X Canonized: 21 May 1995 by Pope John Paul II Arnold Janssen (1837–1909), Priest and Founder of the Society of the Divine Word; Founder of the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit and Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration (Germany) Declared "Venerable": 10 May 1973 Beatified: 19 October 1975 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 5 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II Josef Freinademetz (1852–1908), Professed Priest of the Society of the Divine Word (Austria–China) Declared "Venerable": 16 March 1970 Beatified: 19 October 1975 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 5 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán (1832–1869), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Ecuador) Declared "Venerable": 23 October 1987 Beatified: 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI Francisco Coll Guitart (1812–1875), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin (Dominican Sisters of the Annunciata) (Spain) Declared "Venerable": 4 May 1970 Beatified: 29 April 1979 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI María del Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (1848–1911), Founder of the Conceptionist Missionary Sisters of Education (Spain) Declared "Venerable": 17 December 1996 Beatified: 15 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui (rel. name: Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena) (1874–1949), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and Saint Catherine of Siena (Colombia) Declared "Venerable": 22 January 1991 Beatified: 25 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 12 May 2013 by Pope Francis Maryam Sūltanah Danil Ghaţţas (rel. name: Marie-Alphonsine) (1843–1927), Cofounder of the Sisters of the Holy Rosary of Jerusalem of the Latins (Rosary Sisters) (Israel) Declared "Venerable": 15 December 1994 Beatified: 22 November 2009 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Canonized: 17 May 2015 by Pope Francis José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero (1840–1914), Priest of the Archdiocese of Córdoba (Argentina) Declared "Venerable": 19 April 2004 Beatified: 14 September 2013 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Canonized: 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis Bartolomeu Fernandes (rel. name: Bartolomeu dos Mártires) (1514–1590), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) Declared "Venerable": 23 May 1845 Beatified: 4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 5 July 2019 by Pope Francis Margherita of Città di Castello (c. 1287–1320), Layperson of the Diocese of Città di Castello; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 19 October 1609 by Pope Paul V Canonized: 24 April 2021 by Pope Francis Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Turin; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Declared "Venerable": 23 October 1987 Beatified: 20 May 1990 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 7 September 2025 by Pope Leo XIV Bartolo Longo (1841–1926), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Pompei; Member of the Lay Dominicans; Founder of the Dominican Sisters of Pompei (Italy) Declared "Venerable": 3 October 1975 Beatified: 26 October 1980 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 19 October 2025 by Pope Leo XIV
Blesseds
Ambrogio da Siena (Ambrogio Sansedoni) (c. 1220–1287), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 14 September 1443 by Pope Eugene IV Móric Csák (c. 1270–1336), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Hungary) Beatified: 1494 by Pope Alexander VI Ingrid av Skännige (Ingrid Elovsodtter) (c. 1220–1282), Professed Religious of the Dominican Nuns (Sweden) Beatified: 16 March 1499 by Pope Alexander VI Gonçalo de Amarante (C. 1187–1259), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Portugal) Beatified: 16 September 1561 by Pope Pius IV Giacomo Salomoni (1231–1314), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 22 September 1621 by Pope Gregory XV Colomba da Rieti (Colomba Guadagnoli) (1467–1501), Layperson of the Diocese of Rieti; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 25 February 1625 by Pope Urban VIII Matteo Carreri (Gianfrancesco Carreri) (rel. name: Matteo) (c. 1420–1470), Professed Religious of the Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 2 December 1625 by Pope Urban VIII Margherita di Savoia (1390–1464), Widow; Professed Religious of the Dominican Nuns (Italy) Beatified: 8 October 1669 by Pope Clement IX Giacomo da Bevagna (Giacomo Bianconi) (1220–1301), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 18 May 1672 by Pope Clement X Joana de Portugal (1452–1490), Professed Religious of the Dominican Nuns (Portugal) Beatified: 16 February 1692 by Pope Innocent XII Osanna di Mantova (Osanna Andreasi) (1449–1505), Layperson of the Diocese of Mantua; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 24 November 1694 by Pope Innocent XII Agostino Cassoti (Augustin Kažotić) (c. 1260–1323), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia–Italy) Beatified: 17 July 1700 by Pope Innocent XII Lucia da Narni (Lucia Brocadelli) (1476–1544), Layperson of the Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 1 March 1710 by Pope Clement XI Czesław Odrowąż (c. 1175–1242), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Poland) Beatified: 27 August 1712 by Pope Clement XI Dalmau (Dalmacio) Moner (1291–1341), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Spain) Beatified: 13 August 1721 by Pope Innocent XIII Pope Benedict XI (Nicola Boccasini) (1240–1304), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; 9th Master General; Pope (Italy) Beatified: 24 April 1736 by Pope Clement XII Stefana Quinzani (1457–1530), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Milan; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 14 December 1740 by Pope Benedict XIV Álvaro de Córdoba (de Zamora) (1360–1430), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Spain) Beatified: 22 September 1741 by Pope Benedict XIV Pedro (Telmo) González (1190–1246), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Spain) Beatified: 13 December 1741 by Pope Benedict XIV Gil de Santarem (Gil Rodrigues de Valadares) (c. 1185–1265), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Portugal) Beatified: 9 May 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV Alberto da Bergamo (c. 1214–1279), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Cremona; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 9 May 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV Marcolino da Forli (Marcolino Amanni) (1317–1397), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 9 May 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV Giovanni Liccio (1426–1511), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 25 April 1753 by Pope Benedict XIV Giovanna da Orvieto (1264–1306), Layperson of the Diocese of Orvieto-Todi; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 11 September 1754 by Pope Benedict XIV Sebastiano Maggi (1414–1496), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Italy) Beatified: 15 April 1760 by Pope Clement XIII Benvenuta Boiani (1254–1292), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Udine; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Italy)