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We are still tossed about by the disturbances of this life, which is like a stormy sea, where those who are not attached to J[esus] C[hrist] and the duties of their state, as was our dear departed, are shipwrecked.

Vincent de Paul

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
Catholic Priest
Priest
Faith
Departed
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Disturbance
Still
Duties
States
Attached
Life
Dear
Shipwrecked
Like
Sea
Disturbances
Duty
Tossed
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