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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Vincent |
 | | Deacon of Saragossa, and martyr under Diocletian, 304; mentioned in the Roman Martyrology, 22 Jan., with St. Anastasius the Persian, honoured by the Greeks, 11 Nov. This most renowned martyr of Spain is represented in the dalmatic of a deacon, and has as emblems a cross, a raven, a grate, or a fire-pile. |
 | | He is honoured as patron in Valencia, Saragossa, Portugal etc., is invoked by vintners, brickmakers, and sailors, and is in the Litany of the Saints. |
 | | He was born at Saragossa; his father was Eutricius (Euthicius), and his mother, Enola, a native of Osca. |
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