Optional Memorial
Saint Raymond of Penyafort
- Feast day
- January 07
- Patron of
- canon lawyers
- Origin
- Spanish
Life
Raymond of Penyafort was a Dominican friar and canon lawyer who compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, forming the basis of Church law for centuries. He served as Master General of the Dominican Order.
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