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Vincentius, by his patience and constancy in suffering,
angered his tormentors. Therefore they stripped him stark
naked, whipped his body all over to a bloody gore, sprinkled
salt and vinegar over all his wounds, set his feet on burning
coals, then cast him naked into a loathsome dungeon, the
pavement whereof was sharp shells, and his bed to lie on
a bundle of thorns. All which this blessed martyr received,
without so much as a groan!
Persecution brings death in one hand and life in the
other; for while it kills the body it crowns the soul.
The most cruel martyrdom is but a detour to
escape death, to pass from life to life, from the
prison to paradise, from the cross to the crown!
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