Born in 1175 in Villafranca del Penedès (near Barcelona, Spain). Rejecting a comfortable and happy life, had devoted very young to studies of philosophical and legal nature; at twenty he taught philosophy in Barcelona, and at the age of thirty, recently graduate, taught jurisprudence at Bologna. Named Canon in Barcelona, entered the Dominican order and in 1238 was appointed Superior General. He wrote important works of Theology and moral and at seventy years old he left his order to continue teaching and Pastoral Ministry. He died at almost one hundred years old.
Celebrate today: Raimundo.
View moreIn the village An Bai, in Tonquin (today North Viet Nam), saint José Tuân, martyr, who, parent and farmer, kneeling and praying before a cross, refusing to trample on it, was slain in the time of Emperor Tu Duc.
In the monastery of Solignac, in the region of Limoges, in Aquitaine (now France), saint Tilón, disciple of Saint Eligio, who was a goldsmith and Monk (c. 702).
The city of Chur, in the region of the Helvetii (today Switzerland), St. Valentinian, Bishop, who, with great generosity, gave alms to the poor, redeemed captives and clothed the naked.
In Passau, in the former Roman province of Noricum (now Germany), Valentine, Bishop of the Rhaetian (c. 450).
In Pavia, city of Liguria (today Italy), saint Crispin, Bishop.
In Melitene, in the city of Armenia, St. Polieuto, martyr, who, being a soldier, as a result of the Decree of the Emperor Decio which forced to sacrifice to the gods, broke idols, so it was cruelly martyred to be beheaded, thus receiving the baptism with his own blood (c. 250).
In the city of Nicomedia, in Bithynia (today Turkey), passion of saint Luciano, presbyter of the Church of Antioch and martyr, who, distinguished by its doctrine and eloquence, to be brought before the Court, in the midst of continuous interrogation accompanied by torture remained fearless in confessing Christian.