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St. Vincent the Deacon
d. 304
Feastday: January 22
Deacon and martyr. Born at Huesca, Spain, he became a deacon and
served St, Valerius at Saragossa until their martyrdom at Valencia
during the persecutions under Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). St.
Valerius was exiled, but Vincent was cruelly tortured because he
would not surrender the holy books. He converted the warden of the
prison and then died. He was honored by Sts. Augustine, Pope Leo
I, and Prudentius, and is considered the patron saint of vinedressers
in some regions of Spain.
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