Vincent of Valencia
Vincent of Valencia , also Vincent of Saragossa (* in Osca , Roman province of Tarraconensis , † around 304 in Valentia ) was a martyr in Hispania .
Life
According to legend, Vincent was the deacon of the aged bishop Valerius of Saragossa . Datianus , the governor of the province of Tarraconensis, had them arrested at the time of the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian . Both were tortured in Valencia: Vinzenz was thrown naked into a dark tower, his limbs stretched and torn by hooks, he was laid on a glowing grate until he finally died on a bed of broken glass. Angels allegedly consoled him and turned the grate and the torture bed into a delicate bed of flowers. Out of anger, the governor refused the funeral - he was supposed to be eaten by dogs and birds. The corpse, exposed to the animals in the open, was guarded by angels and defended by two ravens . Then it was sewn into an ox skin and weighed down with a millstone and sunk into the sea. However, the waves washed him ashore, where he was found and buried by a pious widow .
Already in the 4th century the veneration of Paulinus von Nola and Augustinus von Hippo is mentioned in particular. Vincent's bones were transferred from Valencia to Lisbon in 1160 . His feast day is considered the middle of winter.
He is the patron saint of Portugal . In addition, he is considered, among other things, as the patron saint of lumberjacks , seamen , roofers and potters , poultry and coffee houses , as well as an aid in case of weakness and as a helper in recovering stolen things. In Burgundy , his feast day is greatly appreciated by the winemakers. The Saint-Vincent tournante festival is now a tourist attraction.
The Caribbean island of St. Vincent is named after him because Christopher Columbus discovered it on the day of the saint's remembrance.
Remembrance day
- Catholic: January 22nd ( Non-mandatory day of remembrance in the general Roman calendar )
- Evangelical: January 22nd (day of remembrance in the Evangelical name calendar )
- Anglican: January 22nd
- Orthodox: November 11th
Farmer rules
Numerous peasant rules refer to the feast day of the saint on January 22nd :
- To St. Vinzenz Sonnenschein, he brings the winemaker good wine.
- Whatever the weather at St. Vinzenz, it can be all year round.
Others
Vincent of Valencia is the namesake of the Catholic University of Valencia Saint Vincent the Martyrs .
literature
- Ekkart Sauser : Vincent of Saragossa. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 1584-1586.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ekkart Sauser : Vincent of Saragossa. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 1584-1586.
- ^ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Lexicon of first names. Origin, meaning and use of several thousand first names . Bibliographisches Institut (Dudenverlag), Mannheim 1974, p. 209.
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SURNAME | Vincent of Valencia |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vincent of Saragossa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Deacon and martyr |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Huesca , Aragon , Spain |
DATE OF DEATH | at 304 |
Place of death | Valencia , Spain |