St. Vincent de Paul (1580 to 1660) is the universal patron of all works of charity. "The poor, the sick, the old, the young, the insane, the galley slaves, staving peasants, wounded and dying soldiers - all were objects of his pity." He was canonized in 1737, and his feast is observed on the twenty-seventh day of September. In honor of this man, an infant parish in Denver was christened St. Vincent de Paul in spring of 1926.