ST Vincent statue

Meet up point for food tour. Great views of the bay and several landmarks. Saint Vincent was once the patron saint of Lisbon and the Kingdom of Portugal, until he was replaced by Saint Anthony in 1981. Vincent was captured by the Romans and taken to Valencia, where he was martyred. He would have suffered from the torture and his body thrown to the ground to be devoured by animals, among them crows. Strangely enough, the birds renounced their characteristic necrophagy and began to defend Vincent's remains from other predators, in what was considered his first miracle. Crows that accompanied the boat that brought the relics of St. Vincent to Lisbon in 1173. Hence the boat flanked by two crows that to this day illustrates Lisbon's flag and the other symbols of the city's City Hall.Read more