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Raymond of Penyafort

Type Figure Region Catalonia Time c. 1175–1275 Also known as Raymond of Penyafort、Raymond of Peñafort、Raimundo de Peñafort、Ramon de Penyafort、Saint Raymond of Penafort

Raymond of Penyafort (c. 1175–1275), Catalan Dominican and canon lawyer, compiler of the Liber Extra (1234), third Master of the Order 1238–1240, die…

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  1. c. 1175–1222Vilafranca and Bologna · CataloniaOf Catalan nobility, he first studied philosophy and rhetoric in Barcelona, then went to Bologna to study and teach canon law, writing an unfinished Summa and glosses on the Decretum Gratiani, becoming renowned as a jurist.
  2. 1222–1230Barcelona · CataloniaJoined the Dominicans in Barcelona around 1222, compiled the Summa de casibus poenitentiae for confessors, which became a widely circulated handbook in the later Middle Ages, and took part in local convent affairs.
  3. 1230–1234Rome · Papal StatesSummoned to Rome by Gregory IX in 1230, he edited the decrees on the framework of the Compilatio quinque librorum, producing the five-book Liber Extra, promulgated by the pope in 1234 and the core text of Catholic canon law for centuries thereafter.
  4. 1238–1275Barcelona · CataloniaElected third Master of the Dominicans in 1238, he revised the constitutions adding a clause permitting resignation and voluntarily stepped down in 1240. He then served as confessor to James I, promoted the founding of Hebrew and Arabic schools, and died in Barcelona on 6 January 1275.

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