Raymond of Peñafort
1175 –January 6, 1275
University teacher, Canon law jurist, Theologian, Catholic priest, Confessor, Friar
Lived 100 years
- Born in
- Santa Margarida i els Monjos
- Passed away in
- Barcelona
Raymond of Peñafort (Catalan: Sant Ramon de Penyafort, IPA: [ˈsan rəˈmon də ˌpɛɲəˈfɔɾ]; c. 1175 – 6 January 1275) was a Dominican friar 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.
He wrote one of the first manuals for user of the inquisitors, the Directorium inquisitoriale (1242).
Notable works: Decretals of Gregory IX, Smithfield Decretals, Summa de matrimonio, Decretalium Gregorii IX compilatio, Summa de casibus poenitentiae, Dubitalia cum responsionibus ad quaedam ad Pontificem, Summa iuris canonici
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