Raymond of Penyafort was a Catalan Dominican friar in the 13th century, who 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. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and is the patron saint of canon lawyers.
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St. Raymond of Penafort Quiz Questions
1. Where did St. Raymond of Penafort study canon law?
a) Cahors
b) Naples
c) Genoa
d) Bologna
2. When did St. Raymond of Penafort teach canon law at Bologna?
a) 1198-1202
b) 1218-1221
c) 1204-1206
d) 1207-1212
3. Which order did St. Raymond of Penafort join?
a) Augustinian
b) Jesuit
c) Dominican
d) Benedictine
4. What did St. Raymond of Penafort write as a manual of canon law for confessors?
a) Summa de Casibus Poenitentiae
b) Decretum Gratiani
c) Corpus Juris Canonici
d) Summa Theologiae
5. Whose decretals did St. Raymond of Penafort compile?
a) Pius X
b) Gregory IX
c) Clement VII
d) Urban VII
6. When was St. Raymond of Penafort master general?
a) 1185-1190
b) 1215-1227
c) 1238-1240
d) 1250-1262
7. Who wrote Summa Contra Gentiles at St. Raymond of Penafort’s request?
a) St. Lawrence of Brindisi
b) St. Thomas Aquinas
c) St. Peter Damian
d) St. Albert
8. When did St. Raymond of Penafort die?
a) 6 January 1275
b) 5 May 1242
c) 8 August 1198
d) 30 December 1264
9. Where did St. Raymond of Penafort die?
a) Rome
b) Barcelona
c) Tunis
d) Florence
10. When is the feast day of St. Raymond of Penafort?
a) 2 February
b) 14 June
c) 8 August
d) 7 January
St. Raymond of Penafort Quiz Questions with Answers
1. Where did St. Raymond of Penafort study canon law?
d) Bologna
2. When did St. Raymond of Penafort teach canon law at Bologna?
b) 1218-1221
3. Which order did St. Raymond of Penafort join?
c) Dominican
4. What did St. Raymond of Penafort write as a manual of canon law for confessors?
a) Summa de Casibus Poenitentiae
5. Whose decretals did St. Raymond of Penafort compile?
b) Gregory IX
6. When was St. Raymond of Penafort master general?
c) 1238-1240
7. Who wrote Summa Contra Gentiles at St. Raymond of Penafort’s request?
b) St. Thomas Aquinas
8. When did St. Raymond of Penafort die?
a) 6 January 1275
9. Where did St. Raymond of Penafort die?
b) Barcelona
10. When is the feast day of St. Raymond of Penafort?
d) 7 January