𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟏 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬

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𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

Raymond was born at Portella, Catalonia, Spain. He was delivered by caesarean operation when his mother died in childbirth. Hence his name non natus (not born). He joined the Mercedarians under St. Peter Nolasco at Barcelona. He succeeded Peter as chief ransomer and went to Algeria to ransom slaves. He remained as hostage for several slaves when his money ran out and was sentenced to be impaled when the governor learned that he had converted several Mohammedans. He escaped the death sentence because of the ransom he would bring, but was forced to run the gauntlet. He was then tortured for continuing his evangelizing activities but was ransomed eight months later by Peter Nolasco. On his return to Barcelona in 1239, he was appointed Cardinal by Pope Gregory IX, but died at Cardona a short distance from Barcelona the next year while on the way to Rome. He was canonized in 1657. He is the patron saint of expectant mothers and midwives because of the nature of his own birth. Although his mother died in labor, Raymond miraculously survived the ordeal. His feast day is August 31.

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𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵. 𝘙𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.