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Vincent Ferrer, OP (Valencian: Sant Vicent Ferrer [ˈsaɱ viˈsɛɱ feˈreɾ]; Spanish: San Vicente Ferrer; Italian: San Vincenzo Ferreri; German: Sankt Vinzenz Ferrer; Dutch: Sint-Vincent Ferrer; French: Saint Vincent Ferrier; 23 January 1350 – 5 April 1419) was a Valencian Dominican friar who gained acclaim as a preacher, missionary and logician. After supporting Antipope Benedict XIII during the Western Schism, Ferrer travelled to preach across Western Europe and the British Isles. His preaching has been credited in some sources as converting 25,000 Jews to Catholicism, other sources indicate that they involved supporting coercive means, such as the forcible conversion of synagogues into churches. He was canonized in 1455. (Full article...)


Attributes: Dominican habit; Tongue of flame; Pulpit; Trumpet; Wings; Bible
Patronage: Archdiocese of Valencia; Builders; Prisoners; Construction workers; Plumbers; Fishermen; Spanish orphanages
See also: Catherine of Palma, Spain; Maria Crescentia Höss, Germany

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