Raymond Nonnatus
Appearance
Religious, priest and confessor | |
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Born | 1204 Portell, County of Segarra, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain) |
Died | Castle of Cardona, County of Cardona, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain) | August 31, 1240
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Canonized | 1657, Rome, by Pope Alexander VII |
Feast | August 31 |
Attributes | A Mercedarian friar wearing a cardinal's red mozzetta, holding a monstrance and a martyr's palm branch[1] |
Patronage | Baitoa, Dominican Republic; Moncada, Tarlac; childbirth; expectant mothers; pregnant women; newborn babies; infants; children; obstetricians; midwives; fever; the falsely accused; confidentiality of confession |
Raymond Nonnatus is a saint from Catalonia. He was born in 1204 and died in 1240.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Stracke, Richard (2015-10-20). "Raymond Nonnatus". Christian Iconography.
- ↑ Saint Raymond Nonnatus (1204–1240). Saint from Catalonia in Spain. Colored engraving. 19th century.