Raymond mai farin ciki mai suna Raymond Lull Saint na ranar 26 ga Yuni

(1235 ca. - 28 Yuni 1315)

Labarin Albarka mai albarka
Raymond ya yi aiki a duk rayuwarsa don inganta manufa kuma ya mutu mai mishan a Arewacin Afirka.

An haifi Raymond ne a Palma a tsibirin Majorca a Tekun Bahar Rum. Ya sami matsayi a gidan sarki a wurin. Wata rana hadisin ya hure shi ya sadaukar da rayuwarsa don yayi aiki don musulinci a Arewacin Afirka. Ya zama Franciscan wanda ba shi da addini kuma ya kafa kwaleji inda mishaneri zasu iya koyan Larabci wanda zasu buƙaci manufa. Ya yi ritaya zuwa kaɗaici, ya yi shekara tara a matsayin mai ba da agaji. A wannan lokacin ya yi rubutu a kan dukkan reshe na ilimi, aikin da ya bashi lakabin "Likita mai haske".

Daga baya Raymond ya yi tafiye-tafiye da yawa zuwa Turai don popes, sarakuna da shugabanni wajen ƙirƙirar kwalejoji na musamman don shirya mishan na gaba. Ya cimma burinsa a cikin 1311, lokacin da majalisar Vienne ta ba da umarnin ƙirƙirar kujerun Ibrananci, Larabci da Chaldean a cikin jami'o'in Bologna, Oxford, Paris da Salamanca. A lokacin yana da shekaru 79, Raymond ya tafi Arewacin Afirka a 1314 don ya zama ɗan mishan kansa. Wani gungu na musulmai masu fushi sun jefe shi da dutse a cikin garin Bougie. Kasuwancin Genoese sun dawo da shi Majorca, inda ya mutu. An doke Raymond ne a cikin 1514. Bukin karatunsa shine ranar 30 ga Yuni.

Tunani
Raymond yayi aiki mafi yawan rayuwarsa don taimakawa yada bishara. Rashin son kai daga wasu shugabannin kirista da ‘yan adawa a Arewacin Afirka bai sa ya bijirewa burin sa ba. Shekaru uku bayan haka, aikin Raymond ya fara tasiri kan Amurkawa. Lokacin da Spaniards fara yada bishara a cikin New World, sun kafa kolejoji mishan don taimakawa aikin. San Junípero Serra ya kasance daga wannan kwaleji mai kama.