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 he built a 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
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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