THIS life of one of the greatest of the "Friar Saints" is based on
the "Histoire de Saint Vincent Ferrier," by Pere Fages, O. P. As
the "Histoire" is the best and most critical life of the Saint
which has been published, we have accepted the conclusions, dates,
etc., of the learned author in preference to those of the
Bollandists. We have tried to put the Missionary journeys of St.
Vincent as prominently as possible before our readers, and this
will explain two or three chapters which may seem to be somewhat
dry reading. But we have not given a detailed history of these
journeys by any means, for the simple reason that such an account
of the travels of this extraordinary man who, in his zeal for
souls, traversed the length and breadth of Europe: and visited
almost every city, town and village of importance in Spain, France,
and Northern Italy, would have been impossible in the short space
at our disposal. We sincerely hope that this short sketch will help
to stir up devotion to the Saint who preached "the unsearchable
riches of Christ" in an age that was as blind and indifferent to
"the things that are of the Spirit of God" as is our own. The
illustrations are reproduced from the volumes by Pere Fages, G.P.,
so often quoted in these pages. We offer him publicly our thanks
for his kindness to us in this as in other ways. Saint Vincent
Ferrer claimed to be the Angel of the Apocalypse and confirmed this
claim by a miracle. Let us read a little of this story: "Preaching
in the open space, now within the garden of the Dominican Convent
of St. Stephen (or San Esteban) on a hillock named the Mount of
Olives, St. Vincent solemnly declared that he was the Angel of the
Judgment spoken of by St. John the Evangelist in his Apocalypse. An
imme'nse concourse of people was present, and the fathers of the
Convent, many of them theologians of the Inquisition, were
witnesses of the declaration, which caused murmuring amongst the
audience. Startling as the words of St. Vincent assuredly were, his
confirmation of his claim was still more startling. A dead woman
was being brought to the Church of St. Paul hard by, at the time of
the sermon. St. Vincent ordered the bearers to bring the corpse
before him. Strong in the strength of God the Saint adjured the
dead woman to testify whether his words were true or not; and
before the eyes of all present the dead woman came to life for a
moment, bore witness to the truth of the Saint's claim, then slept
in death once more, her mission accomplished. A cross was raised on
the spot where this occurrence took place."
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