of these priests in the army and among the victims eluding one of his arms, in the keeping of Pari, in Apu- of the war on the German" border. They collected Ha. See Tillemont, Memuires, v, 215; Ilerzog, Rml- money for the support of the sufferers, and even denied EncyUop. s. v.
themselves bread that the hungry might be fed. Their | Vincent Ferraris {Vicente Ferrer'). St.. a Span- visitations in time extended to the Roman Campagna, ig^ monk, was born at Valencia, Jan. 23, 1355. His Tunis, Algiers, Ireland, Poland, Corsica, Madagascar, parents, although of moderate means, took great pains etc. I to develop his talents, so that at the age of twelve he
The numerous Confreries de Charite suffered from studied philosophj-, and at seventeen he passed beyond the fact that the ladies who composed them were too , ^^g abilitv of his instructors. He entered the Order of largely engrossed with the care of their own house- | j^f_ Domiiiic, Feb. 5, 1374, taught for some time, then holds. This induced Vincent, on the suggestion of i preached at Barcelona, and went to Lerida in 1384 to Madame leGras, to found the Order of Fillesde Charite, I receive the doctorate in theology. lu 1385 he ex- or Sisters of Charity, also called Soeurs tirises. They : poundeil Scripture in the Cathedral of Valencia, and are not nuns. After a novitiate of five years, they take preached with such success that the legate Peter took a vow which binds them for only a single year. He ],,„, ;„ ig;)! to Paris, and in 1394 he was called to Pome also organized a society of JNIatrons, whose work was gg confessor of the papal palace. In 1397 he resumed principally attendance at the great hospital of Paris, preaching, passing through the cities of Spain, France, the Hotel Dieu ; and to these must be added a semi- Germany, Great Britain, and Ireland, speaking with nary for his missionary order, modelled after those es- g^eat fluency and oratorical elegance in the language tablished among the Jesuits. He served the govern- ^jf each country, but encountering many scenes of vio- ment also as spiritual councillor of state. In these jence. In 14r2 he was a delegate to the body which multifarious occupations he ripened to a gentle old age elected Ferdinand of Aragon to' the throne; in"l415 he in the imitation of Christ. He shattered his health by , counselled in favor of Martin V as pope ; and in 1417 he a winter journey when seventy-four years of age, and i received a triumphal recejition to Vainies in Brittany, lingered for eleven additional years, until death relieved j jje died there April 5, 1419, and was canonized by Ca- him, Sept. 27, 1660. He was beatified in 172/ and can- I jjxtus III, on June 29, 1455, althongli the hull to that onized 1737. ; effect was not published till Oct. 1,1458. He left ser-
See Abelly, Lu Vie de Vincent de Paul (Paris, 1664, n^„„s and a few other religious works, for which see and often) ; Collet, La Vie de Saint Vincent de Paul Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.
(1748; in extract, Paris, 1819); also Stolherg, Leben des heil. Vine. v. Paula, etc. (Miinster, 1818), and nu- merous later essays; Jameson [Mrs.], Lee/ends of the Monastic Orders, p. 347 sq. ; Hoefer, Nouv. Biofj. Gene- rale, s. V. ; and Herzog, Real-Encykiap. s. v.
Vincent {St.) ov Saka(;ossa is one of the most venerated martvrs of earlv times. Tradition relates
Vincent, John A., a minister in the Methodist Episcojial Church, South, was born in Maury County, Tenn., Sept. 24, 1811. He received a careful religions training; experienced religion in Ids fourleenlh year; was licensed to preach in 1837, and united with the Memphis Conference in 1838. He continued labori-
.1.1 ,• fii -A II- ouslv and wi h hdelitv until l&So, when fadnig health
that he was a native of Huesca, in Ara<ron, and a kins- . • . , , . ,.-.,. '. , ^, . ,
■^ ' necessitated his relinquishing active work, and he lo-
cated. In 1865 he again entered the effective ranks.
man of the martyr deacon Laurentius. On the break- I ing-out of Diocletian and ISIaxiniian's persecution] (about A.D. 303), he was archdeacon to bisliop Valerius of Saragossa, and was summoned before the governor to answer for his faith. This lie did with such boldness as to excite the rage of his iiupiisitors and bring upon him the most horrible tortures, which he iiitcnsilied by mocking the executioners when they wearied of their
and in them continued until his death, in lf<66. Mr. Vincent possessed an untarnished character, considera- ble ability as a preacher, and was highly respected. See ALii/utes of Annual Conferences of the M.E. Clturch, South, 1866, p'. 52.
Vincent, Thomas, a Nonconformist divine of
work. He was finally roasted on a red-hot grate, and great p,i]>ularity, was liorn at Hertford, Kngland, in 1634. his sores were afterwards rubbed with salt; and he was He was educated at Westminster School, and in 1647 then thrust into an exceedingly contracted and dark i elected to Christ Church, Oxford. He was chosen cate- dungeon, where he lacked food and had to lie on a sur- chist to Dr. Owen, and chaplain to Robert, earl of Leices-
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ter. During the plague with which the kingdom was visited, he exhibited great courage and piety by de- voting himself to the service of the snft'erers in this great calamity. He was ejected in lGt)"2 for Noncon- formity, and preached at Hoxton until his death, Oct. 15, 1G78. He was the author of several practical relig- . ious works, for which see AUibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A ut/turs, s. v.