RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Vincent Ferrer

1350 - 1419

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Vincent Ferrer, OP (Valencian: Sant Vicent Ferrer [ˈsaɱ viˈsɛɱ feˈreɾ]; Spanish: San Vicente Ferrer; Italian: San Vincenzo Ferreri; German: Sankt Vinzenz Ferrer; Dutch: Sint-Vincent Ferrer; French: Saint Vincent Ferrier; 23 January 1350 – 5 April 1419) was a Valencian Dominican friar who gained acclaim as a preacher, missionary and logician. After supporting Antipope Benedict XIII during the Western Schism, Ferrer travelled to preach across Western Europe and the British Isles. His preaching has been credited in some sources as converting 25,000 Jews to Catholicism, other sources indicate that they involved supporting coercive means, such as the forcible conversion of synagogues into churches. He was canonized in 1455. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent Ferrer is the 515th most popular religious figure (up from 530th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Spain (up from 134th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Vincent Ferrer was a Spanish Dominican priest who was famous for his preaching and missionary work.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Vincent Ferrer ranks 515 out of 3,187. Before him are Genevieve, Pope Marcellinus, Pope Boniface II, Pope Leo V, Haggai, and Guru Gobind Singh. After him are Pope John XIII, Pope Anastasius II, Margaret Mary Alacoque, Kashyapa, James, son of Alphaeus, and Umm Salama.

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Among people born in 1350, Vincent Ferrer ranks 6. Before him are Pope Boniface IX, John of Nepomuk, Manuel II Palaiologos, Miloš Obilić, and Malhun Hatun. After him are Dmitry Donskoy, Madhava of Sangamagrama, Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, John I of Aragon, Pierre d'Ailly, and Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 1419, Vincent Ferrer ranks 4. Before him are Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, John the Fearless, and Antipope John XXIII. After him are Jeongjong of Joseon, Jobst of Moravia, Je Tsongkhapa, Edigu, Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg, and Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vincent Ferrer ranks 118 out of 3,355. Before him are Pelagius of Asturias (685), Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913), Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), and Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470). After him are Juan Ponce de León (1460), Javier Solana (1942), Manuel Azaña (1880), José Echegaray (1832), Antonio Banderas (1960), and Miguel de Unamuno (1864).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Vincent Ferrer ranks 16. Before him are Isidore of Seville (560), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), John of the Cross (1542), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), and Vincent of Saragossa (300). After him are Ibn Hazm (994), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Eulalia of Mérida (290), and Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626).

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