Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Vincent, Philippe a Reformed theologian of France, was born in 1595. Having completed his theological studies, he was ordained in 1620, was appointed, in 1626, pastor of the Reformed Church at La Rochelle, and died March 12, 1651. He is the author of Paraphrasse sur les Lamentattions du Prophete Jeremie (1646). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, … Continue reading “Vincent, Philippe”

Vincent Pallotti Founder of the Pious Society of Missions (Pallottines; born Rome, Italy, 1798; died there, 1850. He devoted his life especially to the poor and penitents, and started the special observance at Rome of the Octave of the Epiphany. Canonized in 1963 . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Vincent of Lrins, Saint Feast on 24 May, an ecclesiastical writer in Southern Gaul in the fifth century. His work is much better known than his life. Almost all our information concerning him is contained in Gennadius, “De viris illustribus” (lxiv). He entered the monastery of Lérins (today Isle St. Honorat), where under the pseudonym … Continue reading “Vincent of Lérins, Saint”

Vincent of Lerins a monk and priest, holds an important place in the dogmatics of the Church of Rome through his little book Commonitoria Duo pro Catholicae Fidei Antiquitate et. Universitate adv. Profanas Omnium Haereticorum Novitates; but history has preserved very little respecting the circumstances of his life, and that little is drawn simply from … Continue reading “Vincent of Lerins”

Vincent Of Beauvais (Bellovacensis) surnamed the Speculator, lived in the former half of the 13th century, and was contemporary with Alexander Hales, and Thomas Aquinas, etc. He was educated in Burgundy, became a Dominican monk and a realist in philosophy. His fame as a teacher and a preacher was such that Louis IX commanded his … Continue reading “Vincent Of Beauvais (Bellovacensis)”

Vincent of Beauvais Priest and encyclopedist. Little is known of his personal history. The years of his birth and death are uncertain, the dates frequently assigned being 1190 and 1264 respectively. It is thought that Vincent joined the Dominicans in Paris shortly after 1218; with the exception of visits to Louis IX at Royaumont, he … Continue reading “Vincent of Beauvais”

Vincent Kadlubek, Blessed (KADLUBO, KADLUBKO). Bishop of Cracow, chronicler, b. at Karnow, Duchy of Sandomir, Poland, 1160; d. at Jedrzejow, 8 March, 1223. The son of a rich family in Poland, he made such progress in his studies that in 1189 he could sign his name as Magister Vincentius (Zeissberg, in “Archiv fur osterreichische Geschichte”, … Continue reading “Vincent Kadlubek, Blessed”

Vincent, John A a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Maury County, Tenn., Sept. 24, 1811. He received a careful religious training; experienced religion in his fourteenth year; was licensed to preach in 1837, and united with the Memphis Conference in 1838. He continued laboriously and with fidelity until 1855, when … Continue reading “Vincent, John A”

Vincent, Jacques Louis Samuel a Protestant theologian of France, was born at Nimes, September 8, 1787. After having studied at Geneva, he settled in his native city as pastor. In 1825 he was made president of the consistory. After the revolution, the French Reformed Church gradually sank down into the deism of Rousseau, and its … Continue reading “Vincent, Jacques Louis Samuel”

Vincent Ferrer, Saint Famous Dominican missionary, born at Valencia, 23 January, 1350; died at Vannes, Brittany, 5 April, 1419. He was descended from the younger of two brothers who were knighted for their valour in the conquest of Valencia, 1238. In 1340 Vincent’s father, William Ferrer, married Constantia Miguel, whose family had likewise been ennobled … Continue reading “Vincent Ferrer, Saint”