Born: 1175
Died: 1275
Canonized:
29 April 1601, Rome by Pope Clement VIII
Patronage:
canon lawyers; all types of lawyers, Barcelona, Kingdom of Navarre
Co-founder of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy/Ransom
Saint of the Day – January 7 – Saint Raymond of Penafort, Dominican and Archbishop
January 7 -St. Raymond of Penafort, Dominican and Archbishop, was the Confessor of Pope Gregory IX and head of the Dominican Order. He wrote many books to oppose heresy and fought for the conversion of many.