Raymond Nonnatus
Saint Raymond Nonnatus by Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1640 | |
| Religious, priest and confessor | |
| Born | 1204 Portell, County of Segarra, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain) |
| Died | 31 August 1240 (aged 35–36) Castle of Cardona, County of Cardona, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 9 May 1626, Rome, Papal States by Pope Urban VIII |
| Canonized | 13 August 1669, Rome by Pope Clement IX |
| Feast | 31 August |
| Attributes | A Mercedarian friar wearing a cardinal's red mozzetta, holding a monstrance and a martyr's palm branch |
| Patronage | Baitoa, Dominican Republic; Moncada, Tarlac; childbirth; expectant mothers; pregnant women; newborn babies; infants; children; obstetricians; midwives; fever; the falsely accused; confidentiality of confession |
Raymond Nonnatus, O. de M. (Catalan: Sant Ramon Nonat, Spanish: San Ramón Nonato, French: Saint Raymond Nonnat, Maltese: San Rajmondo Nonnato), (1204 – 31 August 1240) is a saint from Catalonia in Spain. His nickname (Latin: Nonnatus, "not born") refers to his birth by Caesarean section, his mother having died while giving birth to him.
Raymond is the patron saint of childbirth, midwives, children, pregnant women, and priests defending the confidentiality of confession.