Vincent of Saragossa
saint and martyr
b. 3rd century · d. c. 304
Vincent of Saragossa was a deacon of the Church of Zaragoza. He is considered as a Protomartyr of Spain and the patron saint of Lisbon, Algarve, and Valencia. His feast day is 22 January in the Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, and the Eastern Orthodox Church, with an additional commemoration on 11 November in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Vincent was born at Huesca and martyred under the Emperor Diocletian around the year 304.
Related people
- Valerius II of Saragossa disciple of · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Osca birth
- Valentia death
- Caesaraugusta ministry
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- On the Deaths of the Persecutors (De Mortibus Persecutorum) 1 claim — Great Persecution
- Peristephanon (Crowns of Martyrdom) 1 claim — The martyrdom of Vincent at Valentia