Vincent Ferrer

Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419) was a Dominican friar, ordained in 1379. During the Western Schism he backed the Avignon antipope Benedict XIII. After a vision in 1398 he preached itinerantly for two decades; his missions converted many Jews, sometimes through coercion.

In 1412 he was decisive at the Compromise of Caspe, placing Ferdinand of Antequera on the throne of Aragon. He died at Vannes in 1419 and was canonized in 1455.