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Biography of Vincent de Paul, St.
Name: Vincent de Paul, St.
Birth Date: April 24, 1581
Death Date: September 27, 1660
Place of Birth: Pouy, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: priest
Vincent de Paul, St.
The French priest St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) organized works of charity, founded hospitals, and started two Roman Catholic religious orders.Vincent de Paul was born into a peasant family on April 24, 1581, in the village of Pouy in south-western France. He studied theology at the University of Toulouse, was ordained a priest at 19, and completed his theological studies 4 years later. Using his status as a priest to escape the dull village life of southern France, Vincent went to Paris in 1608. He wrote a curious letter to some friends at this time, telling in detail how he had been captured by Barbary pirates and taken as a slave to Tunisia. This story is not supported by any other evidence, and Vincent never referred to it later in his life.In Paris, Vincent came under the influence of a wise spiritual guide who gradually caused him to see that helping others was more …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…in the Roman Catholic Church in 1737. The religious groups he founded continue to carry on his work. Further Reading Letters of St. Vincent de Paul, translated and edited by Joseph Leonard (1937), reveal the religious spirit and practical genius of the man. There are many biographies of Vincent in English. Jean Calvet, Saint Vincent de Paul (trans. 1952), is unsentimental and historically sound. Leonard von Matt and Louis Cognet produced a beautiful pictorial study of the saint in text and photographs, Saint Vincent de Paul (1960).Abelly, Louis, The life of the venerable servant of God Vincent de Paul: founder and first superior general of the Congregation of the Mission: (divided into three books), New Rochelle, N.Y.: New City Press, 1993.Cristiani, Leon, Saint Vincent de Paul, 1581-1660, Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1977.Dodin, Andre, Vincent de Paul and charity: a contemporary portrait of his life and Apostolic spirit, New Rochelle, NY: New City Press, 1993.
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