Saint Vincent Ferrer1a

Saint Vincent Ferrer

Also known as

Vincent Ferreri

Memorial

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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