Saint Dominic de la Calzada

Also known as

• Dominic of the Causeway
• Dominicus of Landeveien

Memorial

• 12 May

Profile

Tried to join the Benedictines at Valvanera, Spain, but was turned away. Hermit at Rioja, Spain at what is now the shrine La Calzada. To help pilgims to Compostela, Spain, and with the help of Saint John de Ortega he built by hand a causeway, bridge and hospice to make the travel easier. The location of his old hermitage is now a place of pilgrimage itself.

Born

• Victoria, Biscay, Spain

Died

• 1109 of natural causes

Patronage

• Spanish civil engineers

Representation

• hen and rooster
• monk‘s habit
• prayer beads
• shepherd‘s crook

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Dominic de la Calzada“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>