| Saint Vincent of Saragossa | |
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| Born | Huesca, Spain |
| Died | ~304 AD, Valencia, Spain |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | January 22 |
| Attributes | Usually pontifical, episcopal, etc. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Christianity has used symbols from its very beginnings Each Saint has a story and a reason why he or she led an exemplary life insignia, tools of martyrdom and so forth |
| Patronage | Lisbon; Vicenza, Italy, vinegar-makers, wine-makers. The patron saint of a particular group of people is a Saint who would protect and 'love' the group and its members Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. Vicenza, a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico Vinegar is an acidic liquid processed from the Fermentation of Ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient Acetic acid (also called ethanoic acid Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice |
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Saint Vincent of Saragossa, also known as Vincent of Huesca, is the patron saint of Lisbon. A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity The patron saint of a particular group of people is a Saint who would protect and 'love' the group and its members Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. His feast day is January 22 Catholic; November 11 Orthodox. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare He was born at Huesca and martyred under Diocletian in 304. Huesca (Uesca Latin: Osca; Greek:, Ptol ii 6 § 68 is a city in Aragon, Spain. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus ( ca. December 22 244 The modern historian Timothy Barnes takes December 22 as his birthdate Events By Place Roman Empire The Roman colony of Konstanz is founded
Biography
He was born at Huesca but lived in Zaragoza (Saragossa in English; also in the Aragon region of Spain) and is also known as Saint Vincent the Deacon. Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community and former English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Aragon ( Spanish: "Aragón") is an autonomous community of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The title "deacon" (diakonos) means minister or servant. Deacon is a role in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind but which varies among theological and denominational traditions
Vincent served as the deacon of Saint Valerius, bishop of Saragossa. Saint Valerius of Saragossa (San Valero (d 315 AD is the Patron saint of Zaragoza. Imprisoned in Valencia for his faith, and tortured on a gridiron — a story perhaps adapted from the martyrdom of another son of Huesca, Saint Lawrence— Vincent, like many early martyrs in the early hagiographic literature, succeeded in converting his jailer. Valencia ( Valencian: València, Valencia Spanish phonology --> is the capital of the Spanish autonomous The term martyr ( Greek μάρτυς martys "witness" is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom Hagiography ( is the study of Saints. A hagiography, from Greek (hağios (ἅγιος "holy" or "saint" and graphē (γραφή Though he was finally offered release if he would consign Scripture to the fire, Vincent refused.
The earliest account of Vincent's martyrdom is in a carmen (lyric poem) written by the poet Prudentius, (348 – after 405), who wrote a series of lyric poems, Peristephanon ("Crowns of Martyrdom"), on Hispanic and Roman martyrs, including Lawrence. Aurelius Prudentius Clemens was a Roman Christian Poet, born in the Roman Province of Tarraconensis (now Northern Events By Place Asia In Persia, women are enrolled in the army to perform auxiliary services Events By Place Western Roman Empire Stilicho orders the Sibylline Books burned Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Prudentius describes how Vincent was brought to trial along with his bishop Valerius, and that since Valerius had a speech impediment, Vincent spoke for both, but that his outspoken fearless manner so angered the governor that Vincent was tortured and martyred, though his aged bishop was only exiled.
Legacy and veneration
Three elaborated hagiographies, all based ultimately on a lost 5th century Passion, circulated in the Middle Ages. The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini / Common Era.
Though Vincent's tomb in Valencia became the earliest center of his cult (it has been the subject of recent archeological research), he was also honored at his birthplace and his reputation spread from Saragossa. Valencia ( Valencian: València, Valencia Spanish phonology --> is the capital of the Spanish autonomous This article discusses cult in the original and typically ancient sense of "religious practice" (cultus The city of Oviedo in Asturias grew about the church dedicated to Saint Vincent. Oviedo ( Asturian: Uviéu is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. The Principality of Asturias ( Spanish: Principado de Asturias, Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies or Asturies) is an Beyond the Pyrenees, he was venerated first at Régimond near Béziers, and at Narbonne. The Pyrenees (Pirineos French: Pyrénées; Catalan: Pirineus; Occitan: Pirenèus; Aragonese: Perinés Béziers ( Besièrs in Occitan, and Besiers in Catalan) is a town in Languedoc, in the southwest of France. Narbonne ( Narbona in Catalan and in Occitan, the Roman Narbo) is a commune in southwestern France in the Castres became an important stop on the international pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela when the relics of Vincent were transferred to its new abbey-church dedicated to Saint Benedict from Saragosse in 863, under the patronage of Salomon, count of Cerdanya. Castres ( Castras in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan language) is a town and commune of Languedoc in south-western France Santiago de Compostela (also Saint James of Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia and a UNESCO World "Saint Benedict" redirects here This article is about the founder of Western monasticism for other saints named Benedict see Benedict. Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community and former Cerdanya (Ceritania Cerdagne Cerdaña is a small region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain and which is historically one of the
When the Catholic bishops of Visigothic Iberia succeeded in converting King Reccared (586–601) and his nobles to Trinitarian Christianity they built the cathedral of Córdoba in honor of St Vincent the Deacon. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, or Wisi were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Reccared (or Recared) I (reigned 586—601 was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Vlachs are first mentioned in a Byzantine chronicle Events By Place Byzantine Empire Peter (Byzantine General defeats the Eurasian Avars. SSC RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Termonuclear Research" or TRINITY for shprt Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral ||-||-||} Córdoba ( Cordova in English is a City in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. When the Moors came, in 711, the church was razed and its materials incorporated in the Mezquita, the "Great Mosque" of Cordoba. The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim (and earlier non-Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent Events By Place Europe April 30 — Ummayad troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar, and begin The Mezquita (Spanish for " Mosque " of Cordoba is a Roman Catholic Cathedral and former mosque situated in the Andalusian city of Córdoba A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger
The Cape Verde island of São Vicente, a former Portuguese colony, was named to honor him. The Republic of Cape Verde ( Portuguese: Cabo Verde, 'kabu 'veɾdɨ is a Republic located on an Archipelago in the Macaronesia Many toponyms in Portuguese speaking countries are named after Saint Vincent, São Vicente in Portuguese: In the North Atlantic, off The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern European colonial empires spanning almost six centuries from the capture of Ceuta
The 15th century Portuguese artist Nuno Gonçalves depicted him in his Saint Vincent Panels. Nuno Gonçalves was a 15th century Portuguese Artist credited for the Painting of the paineis de São Vicente de Fora ( Saint Vincent Panels The Saint Vincent Panels, or The 'Adoration of Saint Vincent' panels are a Polyptych consisting of six panels that were painted in the 1460s
St Vincent the Deacon is also the patron of vintners and vinegar-makers. Winemaking, or vinification, is the production of Wine, starting with selection of the Grapes and ending with bottling the finished wine Vinegar is an acidic liquid processed from the Fermentation of Ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient Acetic acid (also called ethanoic acid
Sources and references
- "The International Order of St. Vincent" a world-wide fellowship of lay ministers associated with liturgy and sanctuary service in the western branches of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.
- Bryn Mawr Classical review: review of Michael J. Roberts, Poetry and the Cult of the Martyrs. The "Liber Peristephanon" of Prudentius
- Review of Victor Saxer, Saint Vincent, diacre et martyr, Culte et légendes avant l’An Mil (in French)
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