Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Raymond of Penafort, priest
- Lucian of Antioch, martyr
- Valentine, bishop
- Tillo
- Aldric, bishop
- Reinold
- Canute Lavard
- Kentigerna, widow
St. Raymond of Penafort (1175-1275 A.D.) was born into a noble family. His 100 years of life had the opportunity to accomplish many things. Given an excellent education, he taught philosophy in Barcelona by the age of twenty. Ten years later, he earned a doctorate in both canon and civil law.
In 1222 A.D., he entered the Dominican order. St. Raymond became noted for his preaching and for converting heretics, Jews, and Moors, as well as reforming Christians who have fallen-away because of their slavery to the Moors. One office Raymond was called to be responsible for was to be Pope Gregory IX's confessor. In 1235 A.D., the pope named Raymond as Archbishop of Tarragona - a position St. Raymond did not want. In 1238 A.D., he was elected master general of the Dominican order. He resigned at the age of sixty-five but did not retire as he resumed his work of preaching and converting and establishing friaries in Spain and North Africa. St. Raymond of Penafort died on January 6, 1275 A.D. and was canonized in 1601 A.D.
St. Raymond of Penafort is one of the Saints who lived to 100 years, Learn more
Saints in the Byzantine Calendar [January 7]
- Synaxis of St. John, the glorious Prophet
The Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches celebrate a feast in honor of John the Baptist on this day, January 7.
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