Vincent of Lerins
Also: Vincentius Lerinensis, Peregrinus
Born: the year and the place are not known. Died probably between 435 and 450, probably in Lerina (now Île Saint-Honorat, Lérins Islands, France).
A monk and priest on the island of Lérins off the south coast of Gaul. He gave the well-known rule that the true faith is what has been believed everywhere, always and by all.
Wrote in Latin. A major author.
Places lived
- 430 to 434Lerina (now Île Saint-Honorat, Lérins Islands, France)monk and priestyears probableHow long he lived there before and after is not known.
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
- CommonitoryA rule to tell true teaching from false: what has been believed everywhere, always and by all.25,798 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not known
- No ancient source gives a year.
- Place of birth not known
- No ancient source names a place. He was from Gaul.
- Died probable
- Gennadius, On Illustrious Men 65 (he died under Theodosius II and Valentinian III, so before 450)
- Place of death probable
- Gennadius, On Illustrious Men 65
- Lerina, years probable
- Vincent, Commonitory 1 and 29 (written about three years after the Council of Ephesus); Gennadius, On Illustrious Men 65
- Lerina, place sure
- Vincent, Commonitory 1 and 29 (written about three years after the Council of Ephesus); Gennadius, On Illustrious Men 65