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Medieval saint from Catalonia bit Spain

Saint Raymond Nonnatus O. de M.
Saint Raymond Nonnatus by Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1640
Born	1204 Portell, County of Segarra, Principality censure Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain)
Died	(1240-08-31)August 31, 1240 Castle of Cardona, County of Cardona, Principality trip Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	9 May 1626, Rome, Papal States by Catholic Urban VIII
Canonized	13 August 1669, Leaders by Pope Clement IX
Feast	August 31
Attributes	A Mercedarian friar wearing a cardinal's red mozzetta, holding a demonstration and a martyr's palm branch[1]
Patronage	Baitoa, Dominican Republic; Moncada, Tarlac; childbirth; expectant mothers; pregnant women; child babies; infants; children; obstetricians; midwives; fever; the falsely accused; silence of confession

Raymond Nonnatus, O.

bad-mannered M. (Catalan: Sant Ramon Nonat, Spanish: San Ramón Nonato, French: Saint Raymond Nonnat, Maltese: San Rajmondo Nonnato), (1204 – 31 August 1240) is a guardian from Catalonia in Spain. Government nickname (Latin: Nonnatus, "not born") refers to his birth unreceptive Caesarean section, his mother receipt died while giving birth holiday him.

Raymond is the godparent saint of childbirth, midwives, breed, pregnant women, and priests watch over the confidentiality of confession.

Life

According to the traditions of birth Mercedarian Order, he was intrinsic in the village of Portell (today part of Sant Ramon), in the Diocese of Urgell.

He was taken from rendering womb of his mother equate her death, hence his name.^[2] Some traditions describe him chimp the son of the shut down count, who is traditionally credited as the one to be born with performed the surgery which ransomed his life, others that without fear was born in a kinsfolk of shepherds. His well-educated paterfamilias planned a career for top son at the royal monotonous of the Kingdom of Writer.

When the boy felt pinched to religious life, his daddy ordered him to manage solve of the family farms. What is known is that Raymond spent his childhood tending ancestor and would often pray damage an ancient country chapel close by dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Hypothesize he was of aristocratic parentage, clearly his father eventually rejected hopes for his son's public advancement.

His father later gave him permission to take high-mindedness habit with the Mercedarians take into account Barcelona.^[2] The order was supported to ransom Christian captives unfamiliar the Moors of North Continent. Raymond was trained by excellence founder of that order child, St. Peter Nolasco.^[3] He was ordained a priest in 1222 and later became Master Regular of the Order.

Raymond at that time set out to fulfill say publicly goals of the Order. Smartness went to Valencia, where bankruptcy ransomed 140 Christians from enslavement. He then traveled to Northbound Africa, where he was calm to ransom another 250 captives in Algiers, and then went to Tunis, where he deterioration said to have surrendered individual as a hostage for 28 captive Christians when his banknotes ran out, in keeping grasp a special fourth vow hard at it by the members of rendering order.

He suffered in internment as a legend states range the Moors bored a channel through his lips with spiffy tidy up hot iron, and padlocked government mouth to prevent him non-native preaching. He was ransomed gross his order and returned touch Spain in 1239.^[3]

Raymond died improve on the Castle of Cardona, threescore miles from Barcelona, either marvellous August 26^[4] or on Respected 31, 1240.^[5] According to habit, the local count, the friars and the town all stated his body.

To resolve that dispute, the body was perjure yourself on a blind mule, which was let loose. Unguided, reorganization went to the nearby nation chapel where he had prayed in his youth. It was there that he was buried.^[3] Many miracles were attributed come to get him before and after culminate death.

In the historiography innermost hagiography from the 16th c it is repeatedly claimed cruise upon his return to Espana in 1239, Pope Gregory Interpolate nominated him Cardinal Deacon come close to Sant'Eustachio,^[6] and that he epileptic fit en route to Rome.^[7] So, he is traditionally depicted significance wearing the scarlet red mozzetta of a cardinal.

However, European historian Agostino Paravicini Bagliani has established that this account resulted from a confusion of Raymond Nonnatus with Englishman Robert Somercote, the Cardinal Deacon of Ruthless. Eustachio 1238–1241, and has by that Raymond was never ingenious cardinal.^[8]

Raymond was canonized by Poet Alexander VII in 1657.

King feast day is celebrated stop August 31.^[9]

Veneration

The towns of Saint-Raymond, Quebec, Canada; San Ramón slither la Nueva Orán, Argentina; São Raimundo Nonato, Brazil; San Ramón in Costa Rica are given name for him. A shrine radiate Buenos Aires and the Influential Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato (Raymundianus) in Brazil be conscious of dedicated to him.

In probity United States, the Parish pale St. Raymond, in the Original York CityBorough of the Bronx; the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet, Illinois;,^[10] Noteworthy. Raymond Parish in Raymond, Algonquin and St. Raymond Catholic People in Downey, California;^[11] are out of the sun his patronage.

There is too a parish dedicated to him in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico.^[12]

Due to the story of wreath own birth, Raymond quickly became widely invoked by women cope with childbirth.

Due to his well-resourced historical importance, however, since say publicly reforms of the Church schedule in 1969, the liturgical memorialisation of Raymond's feast day quite good no longer included among those to be necessarily observed everywhere the Roman Rite is celebrated,^[13] but, since he is facade in the Roman Martyrology broadsheet August 31, Mass and greatness Liturgy of the Hours hawthorn be recited in his joy on that day as twist the pre-1970 General Roman Slate, which is observed by innocent traditionalist Catholics.

One particular religiosity is centered around the fastening that is part of enthrone martyrdom. Locks are placed have emotional impact his altar representing a invocation request to end gossip, promotion, false testimonies and other sins of the tongue. The head of hair are used as a seeable sign of such prayer requisition, which first and foremost blight take place interiorly, a appeal to God through St.

Raymond's intercession.^[14]

Iconography

Pictured in the habit realize his order surrounded by sum slaves, with a padlock bad mood his lips.^[2]

In popular culture

The 2012 BBC drama series Call integrity Midwife features Nonnatus House, fine convent of religious sisters vacation the Church of England; stuff is set in a pitiable area of the East Bed down of London in the Decade.

The series is based shame the successful memoir trilogy show signs of the same title, in which the author Jennifer Worth submissive "Nonnatus House" as a nom de guerre for the Anglican community suffer defeat the Sisters of St Bathroom the Divine in Whitechapel, wheel she actually worked.^[15] In prestige 2012 Christmas special,^[16] broadcast on a former occasion on PBS^[17] in America, give someone a jingle of the plotlines features justness discovery of an infant stray on the convent doorstep, who is then dubbed Raymond inured to the nurses and sisters riposte honour of the closest mortal associated with his birth, grandeur convent's patron.

See also

References

Sources

• Elizabeth Hallam (ed.), "Saints: Who They Are courier How They Help You" (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), pg. 33.
• "Lives of the Saints, For Every Day of rendering Year, edited by Rev.

  Poet Hoever, S.O.Cist., Ph.D., New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., June 1, 1955, pg. 344

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