IN TODAY’S LIVES OF THE SAINTS AND MARYTRS, SPAIN’S PROTOMARTYR

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Winchester, VA – Saint Vincent was born in the third century at Huesca, near Saragossa, Spain.  He was educated and ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Valerius of Saragossa, and was given orders to preach throughout the diocese, for the bishop himself had a speech impediment. As with so many of our saints, Saint Vincent ended up caught up in the Diocletian persecution. Vincent and Bishop Valerius were imprisoned in Valencia. Vincent refused to burn the scriptures, and told the judge that he and the bishop were prepared to suffer for their faith. Vincent was tortured unmercifully, being stretched on the rack, his flesh torn with hooks. They poured salt in his wounds and burned him alive on the gridiron. Then he was thrown into prison to die. The peace of soul which Deacon Vincent possessed during his passion so impressed his jailer that he, too, was converted. Saint Vincent is considered the protomartyr of Spain. Saint Vincent, pray for us!


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Written by: Jennifer Snow

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