Vincent Ferrer, Saint

Vincent Ferrer, Saint

▪ French friar
born c. 1350, , Valencia, Aragon
died April 5, 1419, Vannes, Fr.; canonized 1455; feast day April 5

      Aragonese friar and renowned preacher who helped to end the Great Western Schism.

      In 1367 he entered the Dominican Order at Valencia, where he became professor of theology. In 1394 the antipope Benedict XIII (Benedict (XIII)) made him his confessor and theologian to his court at Avignon, but five years later Vincent resigned to undertake missions. Travelling through Burgundy, southern France, Switzerland, northern Italy, and Spain, he attracted crowds everywhere and had notable success in winning Jewish converts.

      In an effort to end the schism, he had tried twice to persuade Benedict to relinquish his papal claim. In 1412 he was one of nine judges who elected Ferdinand I king of Aragon, and he persuaded Ferdinand to cease supporting Benedict, thus helping to end the schism. The last two years of his life were devoted to preaching in northern France.

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