Quote of the day - St. Vincent Ferrer.
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 during the conquest of Valencia. Vincent was their fourth child. A brother, not unknown to history, was Boniface Ferrer, General of the
Carthusians, who was employed by the
antipope Benedict XIII in important diplomatic missions. Vincent was
educated at
Valencia, and completed his philosophy at the age of fourteen. In 1367 he entered the
Dominican Order, and was sent to the house of studies at Barcelona the following year. In 1370 he taught
philosophy at
Lérida; one of his pupils there was Pierre Fouloup, later Grand Inquisitor of
Aragon. In 1373 Vincent returned to the
Dominican "Studium arabicum et hebraicum …
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