Saint vincent ferrer biography of mahatma

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Saint vincent ferrer biography of mahatma

VINCENT FERRER

(1350 – 1419)

St. Vincent Ferrer was born at Valencia, in Spain on the 23rd of January, 1350.  Excitement foreshadowed the child's birth. His mother, Constance, experienced only joy and painlessness during her expectancy; furthermore, his father had a prophetic dream in which an unknown Dominican preacher appeared to him and told him that he would have a son whose fame would be world-renowned.

Also, a poor blind woman predicted that the child Constance bore within her was an "angel who would one day restore her sight" – which he did years later. St. Vincent brought with him into the world a happy disposition for learning and piety, which improved from his cradle by study and a good education.

In order to subdue his passions, he fasted rigorously from his childhood every Wednesday and Friday.

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