Saint Raymond of Peñafort - January 7 breski1Born A. D. 1175, of a noble Spanish family, Raymund, at the age of twenty, taught philosophy at Barcelona with marvellous success. Ten years later his rare …More
Saint Raymond of Peñafort - January 7
breski1Born A. D. 1175, of a noble Spanish family, Raymund, at the age of twenty, taught philosophy at Barcelona with marvellous success. Ten years later his rare abilities won for him the degree of Doctor in the University of Bologna, and many high dignities.
A tender devotion to our blessed Lady, which had grown up with him from childhood, determined him in middle life to renounce all his honors and to enter her Order of St. Dominic. There, again, a vision of the Mother of Mercy instructed him to cooperate with his penitent St. Peter Nolasco, and with James, King of Aragon, in founding the Order of Our Lady of Ransom for the Redemption of Captives. He began this great work by preaching a crusade against the Moors, and rousing to penance the Christians, enslaved in both soul and body by the infidel. King James of Aragon, a man of great qualities, but held in bond by a ruling passion, was bidden by the Saint to put away the cause of his sin. On his …More
breski1Born A. D. 1175, of a noble Spanish family, Raymund, at the age of twenty, taught philosophy at Barcelona with marvellous success. Ten years later his rare abilities won for him the degree of Doctor in the University of Bologna, and many high dignities.
A tender devotion to our blessed Lady, which had grown up with him from childhood, determined him in middle life to renounce all his honors and to enter her Order of St. Dominic. There, again, a vision of the Mother of Mercy instructed him to cooperate with his penitent St. Peter Nolasco, and with James, King of Aragon, in founding the Order of Our Lady of Ransom for the Redemption of Captives. He began this great work by preaching a crusade against the Moors, and rousing to penance the Christians, enslaved in both soul and body by the infidel. King James of Aragon, a man of great qualities, but held in bond by a ruling passion, was bidden by the Saint to put away the cause of his sin. On his …More
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Saints of the Day:
Raymond of Penyafort (Optional Memorial)
Return from Egypt
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Aldric of Le Mans
Ambrose Fernandez
Anastasius of Sens
Brannock of Braunton
Candida of Greece
Canute Lavard
Cedd
Clerus of Antioch
Crispin I of Pavia
Crispin II of Pavia
Cronan Beg
Emilian of Saujon
Felix of Heraclea
Franciscus Bae Gwan-gyeom
Januarius of Heraclea
Julian of Cagliari
Kentigerna
Lucian of …More
Tina 13
Saints of the Day:
Raymond of Penyafort (Optional Memorial)
Return from Egypt
—
Aldric of Le Mans
Ambrose Fernandez
Anastasius of Sens
Brannock of Braunton
Candida of Greece
Canute Lavard
Cedd
Clerus of Antioch
Crispin I of Pavia
Crispin II of Pavia
Cronan Beg
Emilian of Saujon
Felix of Heraclea
Franciscus Bae Gwan-gyeom
Januarius of Heraclea
Julian of Cagliari
Kentigerna
Lucian of Antioch
Marie-Thérèse Haze
Pallada of Greece
Polyeuctus of Melitene
Reinhold of Cologne
Spolicostus of Greece
Theodore of Egypt
Tillo of Solignac
Valentine of Passau
Virginia of Ste-Verge
Wittikund of Westphalia
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Albert of Siena
Anselmo
Athanasius of Attalia
Cywyllog ferch Caw
Cyrus of Constantinople
Gaubald of Regensburg
Joseph Tuan
Julian of Gozzano
Louis of Blois
Matthew Guimera of Agrigento
Philo
Polyanthus
Senator of Verona
Sigrid of Tonars
Valentinian of Chur
Vitalis of Savigny
Yvoine
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Raymond of Penyafort (Optional Memorial)
Return from Egypt
—
Aldric of Le Mans
Ambrose Fernandez
Anastasius of Sens
Brannock of Braunton
Candida of Greece
Canute Lavard
Cedd
Clerus of Antioch
Crispin I of Pavia
Crispin II of Pavia
Cronan Beg
Emilian of Saujon
Felix of Heraclea
Franciscus Bae Gwan-gyeom
Januarius of Heraclea
Julian of Cagliari
Kentigerna
Lucian of Antioch
Marie-Thérèse Haze
Pallada of Greece
Polyeuctus of Melitene
Reinhold of Cologne
Spolicostus of Greece
Theodore of Egypt
Tillo of Solignac
Valentine of Passau
Virginia of Ste-Verge
Wittikund of Westphalia
—
Albert of Siena
Anselmo
Athanasius of Attalia
Cywyllog ferch Caw
Cyrus of Constantinople
Gaubald of Regensburg
Joseph Tuan
Julian of Gozzano
Louis of Blois
Matthew Guimera of Agrigento
Philo
Polyanthus
Senator of Verona
Sigrid of Tonars
Valentinian of Chur
Vitalis of Savigny
Yvoine
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