Saint Raymond of Penyafort

Biography

Raymond of Penyafort was a Catalan friar with the Dominicans who was a canon lawyer. He 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 was canonized by Pope Clement VIII in 1601 and is the patron saint of canon lawyers.

Feast day

January 7

Patronage

canon lawyers
all types of lawyers
Barcelona
Kingdom of Navarre

Birth date

c. 1175

Death date

1275-01-06

Canonization status

Canonized

Canonization date

29 April 1601

Canonized by

Pope Clement VIII

Feast month

1

Wikidata qid

Q318980

Feast day of month

7

Saints