Saint Vincent Ferrer
![[image of Saint Vincent]](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
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brick makers
builders
Calamonaci, Italy
Casteltermini, Agrigento, Italy
construction workers
Leganes, Philippines
pavement workers
plumbers
tile makers
- Representation
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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
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
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
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
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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