Feast day: April 5

St. Vincent Ferrer

Priest & Missionary · 1350–1419

Patron of Builders, construction workers

Dominican preacher who crisscrossed Europe for 20 years calling for repentance, drawing crowds of thousands in an age without microphones.

Listeners of different languages reportedly understood his Valencian sermons — a gift of tongues on a continental tour.

“If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart.”
— St. Vincent Ferrer

Image: Juan de Juanes (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.