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Raymond of Barbastro
Roman-Catholic saint, bishop of Roda-Barbastro
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 21 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1067
Died
1126
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Huesca in Aragon, Saint Raymond, who, having gone from canon regular to bishop of Roda and Barbastro, never wanted to fight the enemies of the Christian faith by arms, and for this was expelled from his see for three years.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 21 June as a canon regular made bishop of Roda and Barbastro, expelled from his see for three years for refusing to fight by arms.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q176391 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Raymond of Barbastro (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.