Blessed Raymond Lull
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- Also known as
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Doctor Illuminatus;
Ramon Llull;
Ramon Lull;
Ramon Lullus;
Raymond Lullus;
Raymond Lully
- Memorial
- 30 June
- Profile
- Seneschal, courtier and troubador at the court of King James of Aragon from about 1246.
Married Blanca Picany in 1257.
In 1263 he received a vision of Christ crucified, and was converted on the spot.
Franciscan tertiary.
Friend of Raymond of Penyafort
Worked to convert Muslims in the Iberian peninsula, and then in north Africa.
He tried to interest the Vatican and assorted European royal courts in this work, travelling throughout Italy, France, England and Germany in search of support, but received little help.
Learned Arabic, founded a school for Arabic study in 1276 on Majorca, and encouraged the study of Arab language and culture.
Travelled three times to Tunis to preach to the Muslims, but was forcibly deported.
Wrote over 300 works in Latin, Arabic and Catalan on theology, logic, philosophy; wrote fiction and poetry.
Known as a alchemist, but had no training in occult arts, and invented his own Christian-based concepts to try to explain the alchemical mysteries.
Reputed to have solved the "lead-into-gold" mystery; legend says he worked on it to finance missionary work.
Had a small but devoted band of followers known as Lullists who continued their work after his death, though some of them drifted away from the Church in search of alchemical knowledge.
His work in this area has been the source of controversy for centuries, and non-Christian occult groups have seen him as a "master" or whatever term they use.
- Born
- c.1234 at Palma, Majorca
- Died
- c.1315;
some writers indicate he was martyred by stoning in Tunis, but there is no evidence for it;
may have died of natural causes during the return ocean voyage from Tunis;
buried at the church of San Francisco, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
- Beatified
- 25 February 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed);
1847 by Pope Pius IX
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
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First Missionary to the Moslems, by Samuel M Zwemer, F.R.G.S.
Practica compendiosa
Google Directory
Stoning of Philosopher Raymond Lull painting
University of Saint Andrews, Scotland
The spiritual logic of Ramon Llull, by Mark D Johnston
Columbia Encyclopedia
Raymundus Lullus and His Invention, by Werner Künzel
Catholic Online
Catholic Online
The Natural Rhetoric of Ramon Llull, by Mark D Johnston
Ars Magna
Catholic Encyclopedia, by William Turner
Ramon Lull Chronology
Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
New Catholic Dictionary
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