Saint Dominic, between history and the Castilian hagiographic tradition (13th-16th centuries)

In this paper, the current knowledge we have about the life of Santo Domingo is presented in a synthetic way, founder of the Order of Preachers, and the sources with which his hagiography had been constructed throughout the 13th century are analysed. From there, the additions and aspects that the 16th century chroniclers highlighted about the life of the saint are examined, educated in the ideals of regular observance and in humanistic criticism, who, precisely, proposed the founder as the model of the observant Castilian friar. In fact, the chronicles of the Order must be considered as stories proper, but, above all, as writings of religious formation for the friars themselves.