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Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was an Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor. In 1622, Vincent was appointed as chaplain to the galleys.
Saint Vincent de Paul, French saint, founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists, or Vincentians) for preaching missions to the peasantry and for educating and training a pastoral clergy. Known for his charity and compassion for the poor, he is the patron saint of charitable societies.
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP or SVdP or SSVP) is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church, founded in 1833 for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor.
Sep 27, 2022 · Saint of the Day for September 27. (1580 – September 27, 1660) Saint Vincent de Paul’s Story. The deathbed confession of a dying servant opened Vincent de Paul’s eyes to the crying spiritual needs of the peasantry of France.
Overview. Birth: April 24, 1581. Location: Landes, France. Death: September 27, 1660. Beatification: August 21st, 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII. Canonized: June 16th, 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Feast Day: September 27th. Patron Saint of: All works of charity. Early Life.
Like his fellow saint, Francis de Sales, who was his friend and contemporary, Vincent de Paul performed an invaluable service to the Catholic Church in a period of confusion and laxness. But unlike the aristocratic bishop of Geneva, Vincent was born in poverty, of peasant stock.
Jun 24, 2024 · On Sept. 27, the Catholic Church remembers Saint Vincent de Paul, the French, 17th century priest known as the patron of Catholic charities for his apostolic work among the poor and marginalized.
Jun 8, 2018 · VINCENT DE PAUL (1581 – 1660), founder of the Congregation of the Mission and of the Daughters of Charity. Vincent de Paul was not only one of the main figures of the Catholic Reformation but also one of the most popular French saints of the seventeenth century.
May 29, 2023 · Although Vincent de Paul became most well-known for his works of service, he was also a reformer. Formed by a French clerical culture weighed down by temptation — which was more focused on wealth and prestige than on service to God’s people — Vincent was a leader in the process of ecclesial renewal.
Vincent de Paul, Saint, b. at Pouy, Gascony, France, in 1580, though some authorities have said 1576; d. at Paris, September 27, 1660. Born of a peasant family, he made his humanities at Dax with the Cordeliers, and his theological studies, interrupted by a short stay at Saragossa, were made at Toulouse where he graduated in theology.
