SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Dominic of Silos December 20 - Feast Day (c. 1000 – 1073) Patron of prisoners, pregnant women, and shepherds Today is the feast day of Saint Dominic de Silos. Ora pro nobis. Dominic de Silos was born in Navarre, Spain, a shepherding town in the Pyrenees. As a young boy and man, he served his father’s flocks as a shepherd, relishing the solitude of the shepherding life, and spending his days in quiet contemplation and prayer. He undertook his own studies, as few teachers we