# Vincent de Paul

> A French priest who turned from enslavement in Tunisia to founding two religious orders that still operate worldwide, built around a single organizing principle: the poor weren't a problem to manage but people to serve directly.

*French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/vincent-de-paul

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1581-04-24
- **Died:** 1660-09-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ordained in 1600, Vincent de Paul was kidnapped and spent two years enslaved in Tunis before escaping in 1607. He returned to Europe and moved through parish work and a post in the French royal court, then pivoted entirely. In 1617 he founded the Ladies of Charity, and by 1622 he was chaplain to the galley slaves in Paris. He established the Congregation of the Mission in 1625—members took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and stability to work in smaller towns and villages—and led retreats for clergy when local moral standards had slipped. He pioneered seminary education and in 1633 founded the Daughters of Charity. Canonized in 1737, he became the namesake of the Vincentian Family, a network of organizations that carries forward both communities he built.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 24.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244413)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_de_Paul)
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- [San Vicente de Paul](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Vicente_de_Paul)
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- [Vicenç de Paül](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicen%C3%A7_de_Pa%C3%BCl)
- [Vincenc de Paul](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenc_de_Paul)
- [Vinzenz von Paul](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinzenz_von_Paul)
- [Vincento de Paul](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincento_de_Paul)
- [Vicente de Paúl](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_de_Pa%C3%BAl)
- [Bizente Paul](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizente_Paul)
- [ونسان دو پل](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%BE%D9%84)
- [Vincent de Paul](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_de_Paul)
- [Vincent de Paul](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_de_Paul)
- [Uinseann de Pól](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uinseann_de_P%C3%B3l)
- [Vicente de Paúl](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_de_Pa%C3%BAl)
- [Vincent de Paul](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_de_Paul)
- [ונסן דה פול](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C)
- [Vinko Paulski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinko_Paulski)
- [Páli Szent Vince](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1li_Szent_Vince)
- [Vincentius a Paulo](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincentius_a_Paulo)
- [Vincenzo de' Paoli](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_de'_Paoli)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vincenc_z_Pauly)
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- [Wikiquote](https://eo.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vincent_de_Paul)
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- [Wikiquote](https://hr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sveti_Vinko_Paulski)

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