1. John Dominici's ideas had a profound influence on the art of Fra Angelico, who entered the Dominicans through him.
22 Facts About John Dominici
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John Dominici attempted to resign his cardinalate in 1415 during the Council of Constance after he succeeded in convincing the pope to abdicate in order to end the Western Schism.
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John Dominici spent the remainder of his life as a papal legate for Pope Martin V until he died in Buda.
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John Dominici had been first named as a Blessed since 1622 though he had not been recognized as such until he was beatified on 9 April 1832.
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Giovanni Dominici was born in Florence in c 1355 to the poor but devout Domenico Dominici and Paola Zorzi.
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John Dominici's father died while his mother was pregnant with Giovanni.
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John Dominici was then accepted and began his novitiate with the friars there and he began his studies in Pisa and Florence.
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John Dominici sought the intercession of the Dominican secular Saint Catherine of Siena and he was cured of this impairment.
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John Dominici was then appointed as a professor and preacher and held that post for over a decade in Venice.
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John Dominici became the prior for the order's house at Santa Maria Novella in 1381 and retained the position until serving as the prior from 1386 to 1387.
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John Dominici was teaching at San Zanipolo in Venice from 1388 until 1389 when he left.
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The Master General Raymond of Capua authorized John Dominici to establish priories of strict observance in Venice and Fiesole.
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John Dominici founded the Corpus Domini convent in Venice for the Dominican nuns of the strict observance; an account of his life was found in the chronicle and necrology of that place after Bartolomea Riccoboni discovered it.
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John Dominici corresponded with Chiara Gambacorti and advised her on how to restore discipline to Dominican nuns.
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John Dominici was sent as the Venetian representative to the papal conclave of 1406 in which Pope Gregory XII was elected.
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John Dominici had advised the pope to abdicate as the surest means of ending the Great Schism which had arisen to divide the Church.
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John Dominici's tomb became a site of miracles and his remains were venerated until the destruction of the church during a Turkish invasion.
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John Dominici's holiness had been renowned during his life and he was venerated soon after his death with miracles being reported at his tomb.
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John Dominici was a prolific writer on spiritual subjects but he was a graceful poet; his vernacular songs or Laudi show his tact as a poet.
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John Dominici's Regola del governo di cura familiare, written between 1400 and 1405 is a pedagogical work which treats of the faculties of the soul as well as the powers and senses of people.
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John Dominici touched on the uses of material goods and the education of children.
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John Dominici did not condemn classical studies outright though did express strong criticism of some humanist tendencies such as the use of rhetoric in politics and the rise of the professional politician.