Raymond of Penyafort

Saint Raymond of Penyafort OP
Born	c. 1175 Vilafranca del Penedès, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon
Died	6 January 1275 Barcelona, Crown of Aragon
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	1542, Rome by Pope Paul III
Canonized	29 April 1601, Rome by Pope Clement VIII
Major shrine	Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Feast	7 January
Attributes	skimming across the sea with his cape as both boat and sail[1]
Patronage	canon lawyers; all types of lawyers, Barcelona, Kingdom of Navarre

Raymond of Penyafort OP (Catalan: Sant Ramon de Penyafort, IPA: [ˈsan rəˈmon də ˌpɛɲəˈfɔɾ]; c. 1175 – 6 January 1275) was a Catalan Dominican friar in the 13th century, who 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 is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church and is the patron saint of canon lawyers.