# St. Vincent de Paul — The Inferno character guide

> St. Vincent de Paul in The Inferno by August Strindberg.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** St. Paul

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-st-louis-leads-me-to-orfila

## Who they are

Saint invoked as a model of charity and spiritual guidance.

## In the story

### [I: The Hand of the Invisible](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/i-the-hand-of-the-invisible)

The Augustine nun at the hospital, who cares for the narrator and facilitates his access to the apothecary and laboratory.

### [II: St. Louis Leads Me to Orfila](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/ii-st-louis-leads-me-to-orfila)

St. Louis is mentioned as the friend of the poor and plague-stricken, possibly the narrator's patron and guardian angel.

### [V: Purgatory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/v-purgatory)

A faded likeness of St. Vincent de Paul hangs in the narrator's room.

### [XIII: The Deliverer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/xiii-the-deliverer)

Referenced as St. Paul, whose concept of handing someone over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh is cited as a parallel to Strindberg's own catharsis.

### [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/epilogue)

Referenced as St. Augustine, who pronounced it effrontery to doubt demons.

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