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unusual facts about Dominican nuns



St. Catherine Monastery, Olomouc

The Monastery of St. Catherine in Olomouc, in the Czech Republic, was founded in 1287 for a community of Dominican nuns in 1287, who occupied it until 1782, when it passed over to the Ursuline nuns.


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Izrael Chaim Wilner

After the Nazi invasion of Poland, Wilner, along with several other Jews, hid among the Dominican nuns in Wilno.

John Dominici

Dominici also founded the Monastery of Corpus Domini (Venice) at Venice for the Dominican nuns of the Strict Observance; a contemporary account of his life was found in the chronicle and necrology of that monastery by Bartolomea Riccoboni.