Raymond of Penyafort

Raymond Of Penyafort

Raymond of Peñafort, O.P., (ca. 1175 – 6 January 1275) (Catalan: Sant Ramon de Penyafort, ; Spanish: San Raimundo de Peñafort) 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.