Life of St. Vincent de Paul-Frances Alice Forbes
From Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne · 1:53:41
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Life of St. Vincent de Paul by Frances Alice Forbes.Vincent De Paul [c. 1581 - 1660] was a man renowned during his own century for his compassion, humility and generosity. During the days when galleys were part of any countries' war machine and these galleys were rowed by convicts who were in reality slaves, Vincent's special call was to provide what spiritual comfort he could to these wretched men. When a young man he himself had been captured by Turkish pirates, who brought him to Tunis and sold him into slavery, so he had a special understanding of their lot. He escaped in 1607 and went on to become a priest with a ministry to the poor.Featured on Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.
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