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Raymond of Penyafort
Dominican Master General and archbishop and saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raymond of Penyafort OP (Catalan: Sant Ramon de Penyafort, IPA: [ˈsan rəˈmon də ˌpɛɲəˈfɔɾ]; c. 1175 – 6 January 1275) was a Catalan Dominican friar in the 13th century, who compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, a collection of canonical laws that remained a major part of Church law until the 1917 Code of Canon Law abrogated it. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church and is the patron saint of canon lawyers.
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Born | c. 1175 Vilafranca del Penedès, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon |
Died | 6 January 1275 Barcelona, Crown of Aragon |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 1542, Rome by Pope Paul III |
Canonized | 29 April 1601, Rome by Pope Clement VIII |
Major shrine | Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Feast | 7 January |
Attributes | skimming across the sea with his cape as both boat and sail[1] |
Patronage | canon lawyers; all types of lawyers, Barcelona, Kingdom of Navarre |
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