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title: "St. Vincent Ferrer: Feast Day April 5 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-vincent-ferrer/
description: "St. Vincent Ferrer, Priest, patron of builders. Remembered on April 5, died c. 1419. Read their life in Bless."
---

Priest · Remembered on April 5

# St. Vincent Ferrer

St. Vincent Ferrer is remembered on April 5 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of builders.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [April 5](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/#5) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | c. 1419 |
| Patron of | [builders](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#builders) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, April 5, 2028](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-vincent-ferrer/#calendar) |

## Life

A Valencian Dominican who preached penance across half of Europe for twenty years — tens of thousands following him from town to town — and labored to heal the Great Schism that had broken the Church he loved, finally withdrawing obedience from the pope he had long served when unity demanded it.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Vincent Ferrer as patron of builders.

[Builders](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#builders)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Vincent Ferrer. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, April 5, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/04/05/) | Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent | Violet | Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 · Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 · See Luke 8:15 · John 8:31-42 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[April 4 St. Isidore of Seville](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-isidore-of-seville/) [April 6 St. Marcellinus of Carthage](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-marcellinus-of-carthage/)

[All the saints of April](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/) [Born on April 5?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#04-05) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Vincent Ferrer

Remembered on April 5

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-vincent-ferrer/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-vincent-ferrer/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-vincent-ferrer/#calendar)

In the app

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