See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST  , See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon and See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr, whose festival is celebrated on the 22nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January . In several of his discourses St See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine pronounces the eulogy of this martyr, and refers to Acts which were read in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . It is doubtful whether the Acts that have come down to us (Ada Sanctorum, January, ii . 394–397) are those referred to by St Augustine, since it is not certain that they are a contemporary document . According to this See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble parents in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and was educated by See also:

• VALERIUS, PUBLIUS

Valerius, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• SARAGOSSA (Zaragoza)
• SARAGOSSA, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Caesarauguslana)

Saragossa, who ordained him to the diaconate . Under the persecution of See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian, Vincent was arrested and taken to See also:

• VALENCIA
• VALENCIA, or VALENTIA

Valencia . Having stood See also:

• FIRM

firm in his profession before Dacianus, the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, he was subjected to excruciating tortures and thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, where angels visited him, See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting his See also:

• DUNGEON

dungeon with See also:

• CELESTIAL, OR STELLAR

celestial See also:

• LIGHT

light and relieving his sufferings . His warders, having seen these wonders through the chinks of the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, forthwith became Christians . He was afterwards brought out and laid upon a soft See also:

• MATTRESS (O.Fr. materas, mod. matelas; the origin is the Arab. al-materah, cushion, whence Span. and Port. almadraque, Ital. materasso)

mattress in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order that he might regain sufficient strength for new torments; but, while Dacianus was meditating See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment, the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint gently breathed his last . The See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant exposed his See also:

• BODY

body to See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild beasts, but a See also:

• RAVEN (O.E. hrafn, ,Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, Du. raaf, Ger. Rabe)

raven miraculously descended and protected it . It was then thrown into the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, but was See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast up on the See also:

• SHORE

shore, recovered by a pious woman and buried outside Valencia . See also:

• PRUDENTIUS, AURELIUS CLEMENS (348-c. 410)

Prudentius devoted one of his See also:

• HYMNS

hymns (Peristeph. v.) to St Vincent, and St Augustine attests that in his lifetime the festival of the saint was celebrated throughout the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• WORLD

world (Seem .

276, n . 4) . See T . Ruinart, A eta martyrum sincera (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 1713), pp . 364—66; Le Nain de See also:

• TILLEMONT

Tillemont, Memoires pour servir a l'hisloire ecclesiastique (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1701, seq.), v . 215-225, 673-675 . (H .