Raymond of Penyafort
Lawyer, Author
1175 – 1275
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Who was Raymond of Penyafort?
Raymond of Peñafort, O.P., was a Catalan Dominican friar in the 13th-century, who compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, a collection of canon laws that remained a major part of Church law until the 20th century. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church and is the patron saint of lawyers, especially canon lawyers.
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