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If we want to find the manna hidden in our vocation, let us restrict and confine all our desires within it.

Vincent de Paul

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
Catholic Priest
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Manna

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