RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Raymond of Penyafort

1175 - 1275

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Raymond of Peñafort (Catalan: Sant Ramon de Penyafort, IPA: [ˈsan rəˈmon də ˌpɛɲəˈfɔɾ]; c. 1175 – 6 January 1275) was a Catalan friar with the Dominicans 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond of Penyafort is the 703rd most popular religious figure (up from 748th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Spain (up from 261st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Raymond of Penyafort was a Spanish jurist and canon lawyer who is most famous for writing the "Decretals of Pope Gregory IX" which was an influential collection of Church law.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Raymond of Penyafort ranks 703 out of 3,187. Before him are Kinga of Poland, Sun Myung Moon, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Porphyry of Gaza, Dominique Mamberti, and Epiphanius of Salamis. After him are Antipope Felix II, Menno Simons, Louis Raphaël I Sako, Giulia Farnese, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, and Ibn Hisham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1175, Raymond of Penyafort ranks 5. Before him are Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Subutai, Andrew II of Hungary, and Yolanda of Flanders. After him are Agnes of Merania, Comtessa de Dia, Robert Grosseteste, Albert I, Duke of Saxony, Alexander of Hales, Margaret of Hungary, and Michael Scot. Among people deceased in 1275, Raymond of Penyafort ranks 1. After him are Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester, Vitello, Jia Sidao, Bohemond VI of Antioch, Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant, Lorenzo Tiepolo, Ulrich von Liechtenstein, Ferdinand de la Cerda, Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress, Beatrice of England, and Margaret of England.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Raymond of Penyafort ranks 206 out of 3,355. Before him are Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1105), Martin of Aragon (1356), Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Leo Africanus (1494), Buenaventura Durruti (1896), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240). After him are John I of Castile (1358), Alfonso IX of León (1171), Ferdinand I of León (1016), Almanzor (930), Tirso de Molina (1579), and Penélope Cruz (1974).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Raymond of Penyafort ranks 21. Before him are Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Ibn Hazm (994), Vincent Ferrer (1350), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), and Eulalia of Mérida (290). After him are Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Isidore the Laborer (1080), John of Ávila (1500), and Al-Qurtubi (1214).

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