Vincent of Lérins

Who they were

Vincent, a monk of Lérins, wrote the Commonitorium in 434 under the name Peregrinus. St Eucherius of Lyons called him a holy man, remarkable for eloquence and knowledge.

His famous rule of faith is that what has been believed everywhere, always and by all is to be held as true. He leaned towards the Semipelagian views of Lérins against St Augustine. He died before 450.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

A monk who taught how to recognise the true faith.

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• Salonius Saint Pupil
  “He was educated at Lérins Abbey, first by Hilary of Arles, then by Salvianus and Vincent of Lérins.” — Wikipedia
• Prosper of Aquitaine Saint
  “Suspected of semi-Pelagianism, he opposed the Augustinian model of grace and was probably the recipient of Prosper of Aquitaine's Responsiones ad Capitula Objectionum Vincentianarum.” — Wikipedia
• Veranus of Vence Saint
  “Both he and his brother Salonius were educated at Lérins Abbey, first by Hilary of Arles, then by Salvianus and Vincent of Lérins.” — Wikipedia