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| | St Vincent Ferrer |
 | | St Vincent Ferrer was born at Valentia, in Spain, on the 23rd of January 1357. |
 | | Vincent on that occasion made an harangue to the foreign ambassadors and people present, and when he had named Ferdinand king, a prince highly esteemed for his valor, virtue, and moderation, the acclamations of all present testified their approbation; Ferdinand hastened to Saragossa, and was proclaimed on the 3d of September, 1412. |
 | | Vincent preached there from the fourth Sunday of Lent till Easter Tuesday, of the year 1417, and foretold the duchess that the child she then bore in her womb would one day be duke of Brittany, which came to pass, for the eldest son then alive died without issue. |
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