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title: "St. Raymond of Peñafort: Feast Day January 7 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-raymond-of-penafort/
description: "St. Raymond of Peñafort, Priest, patron of canon lawyers. Remembered on January 7, died c. 1275. Read their life in Bless."
---

Priest · Remembered on January 7

# St. Raymond of Peñafort

St. Raymond of Peñafort is remembered on January 7 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of canon lawyers.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [January 7](https://blessbible.app/saints/january/#7) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | c. 1275 |
| Patron of | [canon lawyers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#canon-lawyers) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, January 7, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-raymond-of-penafort/#calendar) |

## Life

A Catalan Dominican who codified the Church’s canon law at the pope’s command, served as master general of his order, and worked into his hundredth year for the ransom of captives and the missions to the Moors.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Raymond of Peñafort as patron of canon lawyers.

[Canon lawyers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#canon-lawyers)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Robert Bellarmine](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-robert-bellarmine/) canon lawyers · September 17

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Raymond of Peñafort. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Thursday, January 7, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/07/) | Thursday after Epiphany | White | 1 John 4:19—5:4 · Psalm 72:1-2, 14 and 15bc, 17 · Luke 4:18 · Luke 4:14-22 |
| [Friday, January 7, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/01/07/) | Friday after Epiphany | White | 1 John 5:5-13 · Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 · Matthew 4:23 · Luke 5:12-16 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[January 6 St. André Bessette](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-andre-bessette/) [January 8 St. Severinus of Noricum](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-severinus-of-noricum/)

[All the saints of January](https://blessbible.app/saints/january/) [Born on January 7?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#01-07) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Raymond of Peñafort

Remembered on January 7

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-raymond-of-penafort/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-raymond-of-penafort/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-raymond-of-penafort/#calendar)

In the app

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