St vincent de paul simple biography kids
St vincent de paul simple biography kids
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Vincent de Paul facts for kids
Quick facts for kids SaintVincent de Paul C.M. | |
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Seventeenth-century portrait of Vincent by Simon François de Tours | |
| Priest and founder | |
| Born | 24 April 1581 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Guyenne and Gascony, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 27 September 1660(1660-09-27) (aged 79) Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Venerated in | |
| Beatified | 13 August 1729, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIII |
| Canonized | 16 June 1737, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement XII |
| Major shrine | St.
Vincent de Paul Chapel, |
| Feast | 27 September 19 July (Roman Calendar, 1737–1969) |
| Patronage | |
Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was an Occitan French Catholicpriest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.
In 1622 Vincent was appointed a chaplain to the galleys.
After working for some time in Paris among imprisoned galley slaves, he returned to be the superior of what is