Saints
- Saint Vincenca, 3rd century Roman martyr, whose relics are in Blato, Croatia
- Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304), patron saint of Lisbon
- Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (d. 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees
- Vincent of Lérins (d. 445), Gallic author of early Christian writings
- Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician
- Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor
- Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem the Nguyen, 1732–1773), Vincent Duong, Vincent Tuong, and Vincent Yen Do of the Vietnamese Martyrs
- Vincent Madelgarus (d. 1677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France
- Vincent Pallotti (1795–1850), Italian ecclesiastic
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“We know of no scripture which records the pure benignity of the gods on a New England winter night. Their praises have never been sung, only their wrath deprecated. The best scripture, after all, records but a meagre faith. Its saints live reserved and austere. Let a brave, devout man spend the year in the woods of Maine or Labrador, and see if the Hebrew Scriptures speak adequately to his condition and experience.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“O cunning enemy, that to catch a saint,
With saints doth bait thy hook! Most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Its imaginary value will increase with the years, and if he [his grandson-in-law] lives to my age, or another half century, he may see it carried in the procession of our nation’s birthday, as the relics of the saints are in those of the church.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)