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St. Raymond Nonnatus

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(In Spanish SAN RAMON).

Born 1200 or 1204 at Portello in the Diocese of Urgel in Catalonia; died at Cardona, 31 August, 1240. His feast is celebrated on 31 August. He is pictured in the habit of his order surrounded by ransomed slaves, with a padlock on his lips. He was taken from the womb of his mother after her death, hence his name. Of noble but poor family, he showed early traits of piety and great talent. His father ordered him to tend a farm, but later gave him permission to take the habit with the Mercedarians at Barcelona, at the hands of the founder, St. Peter Nolasco. Raymond made such progress in the religious life that he was soon considered worthy to succeed his master in the office of ransomer. He was sent to Algiers and liberated many captives. When money failed he gave himself as a hostage. He was zealous in teaching the Chri

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Saint Raymund Nonnatus, Confessor
Feast Day: August 31st, Patron of of Christian Motherhood
by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876

Catalonia was the native country of St. Raymund who, to the astonishment of the Physicians, was born after his mother's death. As soon as he was old enough to comprehend how early he had become an orphan, he chose the Queen of Heaven as his mother, and to his last day, called her by no other name. When he had studied for some time with great success, his father, fearing the youth would enter a Religious Order, sent him into the country to take care of a farm. Raymund obeyed, and found there also opportunity to serve God. He became very fond of solitude and therefore chose for his occupation the care of the sheep, in order to gain more time for prayer and meditation.

At the foot of the mountain to which he generally led his flock, was a small, deserted hermitage, with a chapel, in which an extremely lovely picture of the Blessed Virgin was kept, which was a source of great joy to him. He there spent several hours daily, in devout exerci

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Raymond Nonnatus

Medieval saint from Catalonia in Spain

Saint Raymond Nonnatus O. de M.
Saint Raymond Nonnatus by Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1640
Born	1204 Portell, County of Segarra, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain)
Died	(1240-08-31)August 31, 1240 Castle of Cardona, County of Cardona, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	9 May 1626, Rome, Papal States by Pope Urban VIII
Canonized	13 August 1669, Rome by Pope Clement IX
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, O. de M. (Catalan: Sant Ramon Nonat, Spanish: San Ramón Nonato, French: Saint Raymond Nonnat, Maltese: San Rajmondo Nonnato