John of Vercelli, Master General of the Dominican Order (born c. 1205)

John of Vercelli

John of Vercelli was the sixth Master General of the Dominican Order (1264-1283).

Master of the Order of Preachers

Leader of the Dominicans

The Master of the Order of Preachers is the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans.

Dominican Order

Roman Catholic medicant order

The Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by the Castilian priest Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216.…