Vincent Ferrer

Saint Vincent Ferrer OP
San Vicente Ferrer by Juan de Juanes
Priest and Confessor
Born	23 January 1350 Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia
Died	5 April 1419(1419-04-05) (aged 69) Vannes, Duchy of Brittany
Venerated in	Catholic Church Anglican Communion
Canonized	3 June 1455, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Papal States by Pope Callixtus III
Major shrine	Cathedral of Vannes Vannes, Morbihan, France
Feast	5 April
Attributes	Dominican habit Tongue of flame Pulpit Trumpet Wings Bible
Patronage	Archdiocese of Valencia Valencia France Spain Cabuyao Laguna, Philippines Leganes, Iloilo, Philippines Batad, Iloilo, Philippines San Dionisio, Iloilo, Philippines San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, Philippines Builders Prisoners Construction workers Plumbers Fishermen Spanish orphanages

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 traveled 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.