Saint Vincent Ferrer
![[image of Saint Vincent]](http://saints.sqpn.com/stv03005.jpg "30kb jpg detail from the polyptych of Saint Vincenzo Ferreri, by Giovannit Bellini, 1464-1468, Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
- Vincent Ferreri
- Memorial
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5 April 6 April in some areas - Profile
- Dominican Friar at age 18 against his family's wishes. Doctor of theology. Priest. Missionary. Taught theology. Adviser to the King of Aragon. Great preacher who converted thousands in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, England, Scotland, and Ireland. Invited to preach in Muslim Granada. Counselor to Pope Benedict XIII. Travelled through Spain, France, Switzerland, and Italy to end the Western Schism. Had the gift of tongues. Miracle worker.
- Born
- 1350 at Valencia, Spain
- Died
- 5 April 1419 at Vannes, Brittany, France of natrual causes
- Canonized
- 1458
- Patronage
- brick makers builders Calamonaci, Italy Casteltermini, Agrigento, Italy construction workers pavement workers plumbers tile makers
- Representation
- cardinal's hat Dominican preacher with a flame on his hand Dominican preacher with a flame on his head Dominican holding an open book while preaching Dominican with a cardinal's hat Dominican with a crucifix Dominican with wings flame pulpit trumpet
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Vincent [6 images, 105 kb]
- Additional Information
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by Albert Reinhart Catholic Online Columbia Encyclopedia For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein Google Directory Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler Kirken i Norge norwegian Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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- Readings
- If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart. Ask him simply to fill you with charity, the greatest of all virtues; with it you can accomplish what you desire.
- Saint Vincent Ferrer from On the Spiritual Life
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