Saint+Essay+PT

=**Notes**=


 * Saint**: **St. Vincent de Paul**
 * Feastday**: **September 27**
 * Patron saint of charitable societies **


 * Born in Gascony, France in 1581
 * Had a talent for reading and writing
 * Went to school at age 15
 * Able to go to school because family's oxen was sold
 * Attended University of Toulouse
 * Ordained priest in 1600
 * Parents were poor
 * Canonized in 1737
 * Had four brothers and two sisters
 * Family were peasant farmers
 * Found the Ladies of Charity in 1617
 * Died on September 27, 1660 in Paris
 * Captured by pirates in 1605 and was brought to Tunis
 * Auctioned as slave
 * Escaped in 1607

=**Essay**=

I chose St. Vincent de Paul as my saint for my essay. I have heard many people talk about St. Vincent de Paul. All I really knew about him then was that he was a saint. I didn't really know anything else about him. Since I was given this opportunity to research about a saint, I decided to pick St. Vincent de Paul as my saint so that I may know more information about him.

St. Vincent de Paul was born in Gascony, France in 1581. He was born into a poor family of peasant farmers. De Paul attended the University of Toulouse at the age of 15 in 1596. He was later then ordained a priest there at the age of 19 in 1600. In 1605, De Paul was captured by pirates and was brought to Tunis to be auctioned off as a slave. He managed to escape in 1607. De Paul founded the Ladies of Charity in 1617. His feast day is on September 27 and is the patron saint of charitable societies.

St. Vincent de Paul demonstrated three marks of the Church, holy, catholic, and apostolic. De Paul demonstrated holy because he was canonized and became a Saint. He also demonstrated holy because as a priest, he had celebrated the sacraments. De Paul demonstrated catholic because he is always helping the poor all around the world. De Paul demonstrated apostolic because he followed the same doctrine taught by the Apostles. He had served others by helping the poor.

One thing we can obviously learn from St. Vincent de Paul is to help out people who are in need of our help. During his lifetime, it is obvious that he had spent most of his years helping out the poor and their needs. Not only did he had to worry about himself and his needs, he had to worry about other people and their needs as well. This may be the reason why he's the patron saint of charitable societies. = = =**Bibliography**=

"St. Vincent De Paul." //- Saints & Angels//. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2013. .