Vincent
Vincent personal forename of two saints.
St Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), French priest. He devoted his life to work among the poor and the sick and established institutions to continue his work, including the Congregation of the Mission (1625) and the Daughters of Charity (Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul) (1633). His feast day is 19 July.
St Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304), Spanish deacon and martyr, said to have been tortured on a gridiron, who was the centre of a widespread early cult. He is typically shown either with a palm as a sign of being a deacon, or with a gridiron. His feast day is 22 January, and his emblems are a vine, a palm, and a gridiron.
St Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), French priest. He devoted his life to work among the poor and the sick and established institutions to continue his work, including the Congregation of the Mission (1625) and the Daughters of Charity (Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul) (1633). His feast day is 19 July.
St Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304), Spanish deacon and martyr, said to have been tortured on a gridiron, who was the centre of a widespread early cult. He is typically shown either with a palm as a sign of being a deacon, or with a gridiron. His feast day is 22 January, and his emblems are a vine, a palm, and a gridiron.
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