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Vincent
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Vincent
Gender:Male/Female
Origin:Latin
Meaning:"Winning", "conquering", seductive
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Vincent is a forename derived from the Latin "Vincentius", related to the word "vincens", which means "winning ", "conquering", or "seductive".

People with the name Vincent

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Hurricane Vince

Category 1 hurricane (SSHS)

Hurricane Vince on October 9 14:23 UTC

Formed October 8, 2005
Dissipated October 11, 2005
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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Vincenzo I of Gonzaga (September 21, 1562-February 9, 1612) was ruler of the Duchy of Mantua and Montferrat from 1587 to 1612. He was married to Eleonora di Medici in 1584 and his daughter, Eleonore Gonzaga, married Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
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The Archdiocese of Zaragoza (Latin, Caesaraugustana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragón.
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The Archdiocese of Zaragoza (Latin, Caesaraugustana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragón.
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The Archdiocese of Zaragoza (Latin, Caesaraugustana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragón.
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Vincent de Paul (April 24, 1581 – September 27, 1660) was born at Pouy, Landes, Gascony, France to a peasant family. His feast was formerly kept on July 19, but is now observed on September 27 - the day of his death.
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Saint Vincent of Lerins (in Latin, Vincentius) was a Gallic author of early Christian writings.

In earlier life he had been engaged in secular pursuits, whether civil or military is not clear, though the term he uses, "secularis militia," might possibly imply the
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Vincent Alsop (c. 1630 - May 8, 1703), was an English Nonconformist clergyman.

Alsop came from Northamptonshire and was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He received deacon's orders from a bishop, and settled as assistant-master in the free school of Oakham, Rutland.
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Vincent Baron was a French Dominican theologian and preacher.[1]

Biography

He was born at Martres, in the département of the Haute-Garonne, France, 17 May, 1604; died in Paris on 21 January 1674.
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Vincent Barzynski was a Polish-American priest (1838-1899) and organiser of the Polish-American community.[1]

References

1. ^ Vincent Barzynski - Catholic Encyclopedia Article

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Vincent of Beauvais (Vincentius Bellovacensis) (c. 1190 – 1264?) wrote the Speculum Maius, the main encyclopedia that was used in the Middle Ages.

The exact dates of his birth and death are unknown and not much detail has surfaced concerning his career.
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Vincent Bugliosi (pronounced boo-lee-OH-see, with a silent g) (born August 18, 1934 in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American attorney and author, best known for prosecuting Charles Manson and other defendants accused of the Tate-LaBianca murders.
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Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) is a career criminal who led the so-called Manson Family, a commune or cult that began to form around him in the U.S. city of San Francisco in 1967.
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Vincent Morrison Brennan (April 22, 1890 – February 4, 1959) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Brennan was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan and moved with his parents to Detroit in 1895. He graduated from SS.
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Vincenzo Carafa or Caraffa (5 May1585, Andria (Italy) - 6 June1649, Rome) was an Italian Jesuit priest and spiritual writer, elected the 7th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. He is a Servant of God.
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Vincent Lamar "Vince" Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American All-Star basketball player in the NBA. He currently is a starting shooting guard for the New Jersey Nets. He is considered one of the best scoring guards in the game today.
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Vincent Cassel

Born November 23 1966 (1966--) (age 42)
Paris

Vincent Cassel (born November 23 1966) is a French actor.
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Vince Chong

Malaysian 1st Reality TV Star
Birth name Vincent Chong Ying-Cern
Born September 30 1979 (1979--) (age 28)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Died
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Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin, South Woodford, London, England, July 3 1960) is an English pop musician and songwriter, who has been involved with a number of successful pop groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure.
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Vincent Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is a highly regarded drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14.
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Vincent Contenson (born at Altivillare (Gers), Diocese of Condon, 1641; died Creil-sur-Oise, 26 December 1674) was a French Dominican theologian and preacher.

His epitaph in the church of that place described him as "in years a youth, mature in wisdom and in virtue
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Vincent D'Onofrio

Birth name Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio
Born May 30 1959 (1959--) (age 48)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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Vincente de Valverde was a Spanish bishop. He was born in Segovia, Spain about 1490 and most sources claim he died in Oropesa, Peru, in 1543. He was a Dominican friar, and went to Peru about 1530, although it is not certain whether he accompanied Francisco Pizarro from Spain or
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The Rev. Archimandrite Vincentius Escarcha is the senior priest in the Exarchate of the Philippines.[1]

He served the Theotokos Orthodox Church in Cataignan and directed the Theotokos Orthodox Monastery, located in the same municipality.
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Vicente Gómez Martínez-Espinel (Ronda, December 28, 1550 - Madrid, February 4, 1624) was a Spanish writer and musician of the Siglo de Oro.

He is credited with the addition of the 5th string to the guitar and the creation of the modern poetic form of the décima
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Vince Ferragamo

March 24 1954 (1954--) (age 53)
Torrance, CA

Position(s)| Quarterback
College| California
Nebraska
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Saint Vincent Ferrer, O.P. (in Valencian: Sant Vicent Ferrer) (January 23, 1350 – April 5, 1419) was a Valencian Dominican missionary and logician; born in Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia (modern day Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain), as one of the sons of William
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Vinnie Fiorello is the drummer, lyricist and founding member of the ska punk band Less Than Jake. As a child, Vinnie's family owned a dog named Jake who was "treated like a king" according to the band's website FAQ page.
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Vincent Walker Foster, Jr. (January 15, 1945 – July 20, 1993) was a deputy White House counsel during the first term of President Bill Clinton, and also a law partner and personal acquaintance of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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This one's got some of the regular stuff: a Channel Street update, some more unpublished Bukowski poems, record, DVD and 'zine reviews (although Vinnie Vegas has copped my rating system: "how many trips to the shitter will it last?
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