Born at Caleruega (Burgos), Saint Dominic was the founder of the order of the Dominicans, which obtained papal permission in the year 1216. He was canonized very fast, a few years after his death, in 1234. One of his most prominent facets was his fight against heresy, reason for which he moved to Tolosa to battle the Albigenses.

The Saint is usually represented tonsured and dressed in a two-coloured habit of the same order, white tunic and a black cloak, symbols of purity and austerity. Amongst the most representative attributes of Saint Dominic was the book, common in others saints, and the lily branch, also used to identify the Franciscan saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua.