Saint Raymond of Fitero
- Also known as
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Ramon Sierra
Raymond Sierra
- Memorial
- 15 March
- Profile
- Priest.
Canon of the cathedral of Tarazona.
Cistercian monk at the abbey of Scala Dei, France.
Founded the abbey of Fitero in Spanish Navarre, and served as its first abbot.
Founded the Benedictine and Cistercian military order of Cavatrava to defend Calatrava from invading Moors after the city was abandoned by the Knights Templar.
- Born
- Aragon region
- Died
- 1163 of natural causes
- Canonized
- 1719 (cultus confirmed)
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
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