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From Saint Vincent Ferrer to Saint Vincent Ferrer, from the angel of the apocalypse to the saint of India

From Saint Vincent Ferrer to Saint Vincent Ferrer, from the angel of the apocalypse to the saint of India

On April 8, the festival and 605th anniversary of the death of Saint Vincent Ferrer Miquel (Valencia, January 23, 1350-Vannes, France, April 5, 1419), patron saint of the Comunitat Valenciana, was celebrated, and on April 9 April we commemorate the 104th anniversary of the birth of a holy man, Vicente Ferrer Moncho (Barcelona, ​​April 9, 1920-Anantapur, India, June 19, 2009). The first was called “the angel of the Apocalypse” by Catholic hagiography and his namesake, “the saint of India” or simply father (father) for his countless faithful from the Asian subcontinent.

'Saint' is short for saint, but here it serves to differentiate bureaucratic sanctity – the highest rung of the ecclesiastical ladder to whom the Vatican allocates altars – in the case of Saint Vincent Ferrer from that granted by popular fervor to distinguish whoever Human goodness stands out among good people. This is the case of Vicente Ferrer for the dalits, the outcast outcasts of the state of Andhra Pradesh. A 'saint' is, as it were, a valid interlocutor before God to advocate for the causes entrusted to them by his devotees, while a holy man limits himself to dialogue in solidarity and kindness with his fellow men.

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