January 22
Saints of the Day...and Events

 

St. Vincent of Saragossa, (†304), Vicente de Zaragoza; Vincent the Deacon; Vincent Tourante; Vincent of Aragon

    A Deacon from Spain, patron of Portugal... he preached instead of the Bishop... his tortures were immense but he died in peace.

    The martyr’s flesh was torn with hooks; he was bound to a chair of red-hot iron; lard and salt were rubbed into his wounds; and amid all this he kept his eyes raised to heaven, and remained unmoved.

    His relics are preserved to this day in the Augustinian monastery at Lisbon, for the consolation of the Church of Christ.

    When the Catholic bishops of Visigothic Spain succeeded in converting King Reccared (586 - 601) and his nobles to Trinitarian Christianity they built the cathedral of Cordoba in honor of St Vincent the Deacon. When the Moors came, in 711, the church was razed and its materials incorporated in the Mezquita, the "Great Mosque" of Cordoba.   

    Reflection. Do you wish to be at peace amid suffering and temptation? Then make it your principal endeavor to grow in habits of prayer and in union with Christ. Have confidence in Him. He will make you victorious over your spiritual enemies and over yourself. He will enlighten your darkness and sweeten your sufferings, and in your solitude and desolation He will draw near to you with His holy Angels.

Born at Huesca, Aragon, Spain
Died martyred c.304 at Valencia, Spain
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        http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/01-22.htm
        http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv04.htm
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_of_Saragossa
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