Saint Vincent of Lerins

Information about the life of Saint Vincent is very scarce. Our primary source for him is the work of Gennadius of Massilia "On Famous Men" (Latin: De viris illustribus), composed about 495 as a continuation of the work of the same title by Saint Jerome of Stridon (June 15). Vincent was born in the city of Toul, in the northeast of what is now France, and was the brother of Saint Lupus.of Troyes (July 29). After serving in the army (Latin: secularis militia), he entered the monastery of Saint Honoratus (January 16) at Lerins (Lérins), where he was tonsured and ordained to the priesthood. In 434, under the pseudonym Peregrinus, Saint Vincent wrote his most famous work: "Commentary Against Heretics" (Latin: Commonitorium adversus Hæreticos) which he composed in 434, three years after the Third Ecumenical Council of Ephesus had condemned the Nestorians. In this book he differentiated betwee...

Источник: https://www.oca.org/saints/all-lives/2026/05/24

Название источника: OCA Lives of the Saints

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