Raymond of Penafort was a thirteenth-century Catalan friar of the Dominican order who worked as a canon lawyer. He compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, a codification of canon law that remained a major part of the Catholic Churchs legal system until it was abrogated by the 1917 Code of Canon Law.
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was a Dominican friar who was a canon lawyer
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He compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, a collection of canonical laws that remained a major part of Church law until the 1917 Code of Canon Law abrogated it.
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Raymond of Peñafort (Catalan: Sant Ramon de Penyafort, IPA: [ˈsan rəˈmon də ˌpɛɲəˈfɔɾ]; c. 1175 - 6 January 1275) was a Dominican friar who was a canon lawyer.
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He compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, a collection of canonical laws that remained a major part of Church law until the 1917 Code of Canon Law abrogated it.
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