Raymond of Peñafort O.P. (ca. 1175 – 6 January 1275) (Catalan: Sant Ramon de Penyafort IPA: [ˈsan rəˈmon də ˌpɛɲəˈfɔr]; 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.
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