Raymund's Name Day

31st August

Raymund, the name has a description or meaning which is from the Old German, 'strong or wise defence'

Raymund has a Name day of 31st August, please check our history page to find out how this was derived

This description represents the Male usage of the name.

This name is a variant of the original name Raymond

St Raymond is a patron saint of the following:

Symbols are often associated with Saints, it often helped in the middle ages when people were unable to read thus Raymond has the following symbols associated

Historically Famous Raymunds

St Raymond of Penafort and St Peter Nolasco co-founded the Order of Our Lady of Ransom or the 'Mercedarians' in the early thirteenth century. This was a Spanish Order dedicated to rescuing Christians who had been taken prisoner by the Moorish occupation. St Raymond Nonnatus joined the Order and went to Algeria with ransom money for prisoners. When the money ran out, he offered himself in exchange for another man. This was agreed, but the Moors had not per haps reckoned with Raymond's determination to preach the Gospel, even in their own territory. Threatened by the flow of converts and determined to stop him, they found an effective but crude method: they put a padlock through his lips and put him into prison. His guards were either kinder or greedier. They kept Raymond alive, at any rate, until he was himself ransomed by the Order and was able to make the journey home, where he died in 1240. His nickname means 'not born', which refers to the story that his mother died in childbirth. Raymond was delivered from her body by a doctor, and he is thought to have a special concern for 'all women labouring of child'