St Vincent of Portugal

Vincent was taught by the Bishop St. Valerius. Bishop Valerius saw that Vincent had lots of talents and that he was very good, so he made Vincent a deacon in the Church even though he was still young. Bishop Valerius asked him to tell people and teach people about Jesus and the Church. Then one day the Emperor put Bishop Valerius and Deacon Vincent in jail, because they believed in God. Even though he kept them in jail for a long time, they were still happy and peaceful and their faith in Jesus stayed strong. The Emperor sent Bishop Valerius away from the country but Deacon Vincent was treated very meanly because he believed in God. He asked the Holy Spirit to give him strength to always be true to Jesus no matter what happened, and God did help him. When he went back to jail he told the jail guard about Jesus and the jail guard started to believe in God. St. Vincent is the patron Saint of Portugal.