Name

Raymond of Penyafort

Original name

Ramón de Penyafort

Main activity

Friar

Secondary activity

Title

Master General of the Order of Preachers, Frater

Name variations

Raimundo de Peñafort, Raymond de Penyafort"

Education place

Bologna

Education institution

University of Bologna

Activity place

Barcelona

Activity institution

Dominican Order

Activity start date

1238

Activity end date

1240

Place of birth

Vilafranca del Penedès

Date of birth

1175

Place of death

Barcelona

Date of death

1275

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Raymond of Penyafort worked extensively on the conversion of the Moors in the Dominican Order. He also founded the studium arabicum of Tunis where Ramon Martí worked.

Entry author

Pierre Courtain