Feast Day of St. Raymond Nonnatus, August 31
According to Catholic.org, St. Raymond "was delivered by caesarean operation when his mother died in childbirth. Hence his name non natus (not born)."
What? Who named him? Was Nonnatus like a nickname? Did he introduce himself, "Hi. I'm Raymond. but my friends call me Not Born"? It's another Catholic mystery.
St. Raymond was a Mercedarian, and replaced St.Peter Nolasco (the founder of the Mercedarians) as "chief ransomer". While ransoming slaves in Algeria from those pesky Unitarians, Non Born became a captive himself. He eventually was released, and Pope Gregory IX appointed him a Cardinal - but St. Raymond died on the way to Rome in 1239.
Wait...is that right? Unitarians?
For obvious reasons, St. Raymond is a patron saint of pregnant women and midwives.
What? Who named him? Was Nonnatus like a nickname? Did he introduce himself, "Hi. I'm Raymond. but my friends call me Not Born"? It's another Catholic mystery.
St. Raymond was a Mercedarian, and replaced St.Peter Nolasco (the founder of the Mercedarians) as "chief ransomer". While ransoming slaves in Algeria from those pesky Unitarians, Non Born became a captive himself. He eventually was released, and Pope Gregory IX appointed him a Cardinal - but St. Raymond died on the way to Rome in 1239.
Wait...is that right? Unitarians?
For obvious reasons, St. Raymond is a patron saint of pregnant women and midwives.
Labels: Feast Days, patron saints, saints
posted by jope @ August 31, 2010
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