Summa de casibus poenitentiae

work by Raymond of Peñafort

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The Summa de casibus poenitentiae, written by Saint Raymond of Peñafort around 1222, is a significant manual of canon law for confessors. This work became widely used during the later Middle Ages. Raymond of Peñafort was a Catalan Dominican friar and a prominent figure in church law, also known for compiling the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX. He is recognized as a patron saint of lawyers, particularly canon lawyers.1

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…of canon law for confessors, Summa de casibus poenitentiae (“Concerning the Cases of Penance”), one of the most widely used books of its kind during the later Middle Ages. While in Barcelona, he served as confessor to St. Peter Nolasco and helped him establish the Mercedarians, an order founded in…
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…of canon law for confessors, Summa de casibus poenitentiae (“Concerning the Cases of Penance”), one of the most widely used books of its kind during the later Middle Ages. While in Barcelona, he served as confessor to St. Peter Nolasco and helped him establish the Mercedarians, an order founded in…
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