Raymond Nonnatus
Raymond Nonnatus (1204 – 31 August 1240) was a Mercedarian friar and missionary from Catalonia in Spain. His byname, meaning "not born" in Latin, refers to his birth by Caesarean section, his mother having died in labour.
Raymond is the patron saint of childbirth, midwives, children, pregnant women, and priests defending the confidentiality of confession.
Patron saint of Baitoa, Dominican Republic; Moncada, Tarlac; childbirth; expectant mothers; pregnant women; newborn babies; infants; children; obstetricians; midwives; fever; the falsely accused; confidentiality of confession
In the Martyrology
- August 31 Saint Raymond Nonnatus, Mercedarian priest, cardinal