St Dominic? Santo Domingo de guzman garces OP (A.D. 1 170- A.D. 122 1), born in Galaliga, Spain, is the ancestor of Dominican order. 122 1 died on August 6, at the age of 5 1 year. In 1234, he was listed as a saint by Pope Gregory IX (about1143-1241).

When St Dominic was seven years old, he was sent to his uncle to study. At the age of fifteen, Saint Dominique entered palencia University, the most prestigious university in Spain at that time, and completed his studies in rhetoric, philosophy and theology. After studying theology, St. Dominic became a priest at the age of 25 at the behest of the church and was immediately hired as a professor of Bible studies at the school. In the third year after becoming a priest, St. Dominic accepted the appointment of the local bishop and joined the chanting group.

Later in A.D. 1203, Portuguese King Affonso III (1210-1279) asked Bishop St. Dominic to propose to the Danish princess for his son. The Bishop, accompanied by Saint Dominique, passed through the southern French province of languedoc and met the "Albizians" at that time. Facing the "Ebison heresy" in southern France and northern Italy at that time, St. Dominic advocated confronting it with the asceticism spirit and simple and powerful philosophy in Christianity. At the same time, several like-minded brothers gathered together, and with the approval of Pope Innocent III (11-KLOC-0/216), a convent, the Missionary Brotherhood, was established, which made great contributions to the gods at that time. For example, in addition to the convent established by St. Dominic at that time, St. Thomas Aquinas (1225- 1274), a missionary in early Dominica, influenced the development of Catholic theology and western philosophy until now, so he was named "Dr. Angel" by the Catholic Church. In addition, the "Rossary" prayer promoted by Dominica Club has spread all over the world, becoming one of the most popular prayer methods for Catholics all over the world.

Dominicans have traveled all over the world, and Catholic teaching in Taiwan Province was started by Reverend Fernando sainz (OP, AD 1832-AD 1895), the capital of the Virgin Rose. In addition, Kaohsiung Catholic Dominion Middle School is also an educational institution founded by Dominion Society.

Francesco de assisi (1 182- 1226) of assisi was born in assisi, the ancestor of Franciscan Catholicism. 12261died on the evening of October 3rd at the age of 45. Pope Gregory IX (about1143-1241) canonized Francis in 1228. In order to improve his family status, young St. Francis often wanted to join the Order. But later, on the way to the war, I heard a voice in my dream, telling him to go home and tell him what to do at home. Then one day, when St. Francis was praying in a shabby church, St. damiano, he heard a voice on the cross saying, "Francis, don't you see that my house is in ruins?" Fix it! St Francis thought it was God's will. In addition to repairing the temple that was about to collapse, San Francesco broke with his father and began begging to repair the church, because he exchanged his father's cloth and horses for money and stones. After their companions joined the monastic life of St. Francis one after another, the group felt it necessary to go to Rome to ask the Pope for approval to establish a new order, and was approved by the Pope to form the Franciscan Brothers (Franciscans or Franciscans for short).

Another well-known San Francesco was the five wounds he suffered while practicing in Ravina in A.D. 1224 (that is, the five wounds when Jesus was crucified), so he was also called "San Francesco with five injuries". San Francesco advocated simple living and adhered to the gospel spirit, which not only influenced the social atmosphere at that time, but also brought some purity to the western churches in 12 and 13 centuries. Therefore, together with the Dominicans, he was called the two pillars of the medieval church.

San Francesco founded a convent, advocated simple living and adhered to the gospel spirit. His ecological thought of harmonious coexistence with all things is not only reflected in his book Song of the Sun, but also played an important role in the ecological thought advocated by the West in the 20th century. San Francesco also met with the Sultan King during the Crusade War, hoping that the two sides could reach peace. His peaceful attitude towards other religions has also become one of the important sources of religious dialogue thought in the twentieth century. St Francis once recreated the scene of Christmas Eve. Before Christmas, he built a real manger and arranged live performances by Yue Se, Mary and Little Jesus. Later, this method was popularized by Franciscans and became a well-known Christmas manger arrangement method today.

Because of the contributions made by the two saints to faith and society in the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church juxtaposed the two saints in the Great Catholic Prayer "All Saints".

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Zheng (Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University)