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Vincent de Paul
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French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)
Vincent de Paul was a French priest who lived from 1581 to 1660 and founded organizations dedicated to serving the poor and sick. He was canonized as a saint and is remembered as a major figure in Catholic charitable work.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vincent
- Family name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- priest
- Position held
- chaplain
- Educated at
- University of Toulouse (1896-1968)
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Movement
- Counter-Reformation
- Image
- Saint Vincent de Paul.jpg
- Religious order
- Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
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- Commons category
- Saint Vincent de Paul
- date of birth
- 1581-04-24
- date of death
- 1660-09-27
- feast day
- September 27
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- student
- Jean-Jacques Olier
- described by source
- Wikitólica
- name in native language
- Vincent de Paul
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Encyclopedic overview
Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660) was a French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor and is best known for founding the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity.
After being ordained a priest in 1600, de Paul was kidnapped and enslaved for two years in Tunis and returned to Europe after escaping in 1607. He then served as a parish priest and in the French royal court before dedicating himself to the poor, founding the Ladies of Charity in 1617. In 1622, de Paul was appointed as chaplain to the galley slaves in Paris.
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