Vigil (disambiguation)

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Vigil may refer to:

• Vigil, a period of sleeplessness or watchfulness.
• Vigils, night prayers in ancient Christianity.
• Candlelight vigil, a method of remembrance, especially following a tragedy.
• Vigil (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• one of the Vigiles, an ancient Roman firefighter and nightwatchman

Art and literature

• The Vigil, a painting by John Pettie
• "Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night", a poem by Walt Whitman from his 1865 collection Drum-Taps
• Wraith (Image Comics), comic book character once known as Vigil

Movies and music

• Vigil (film), a 1984 New Zealand film, directed by Vincent Ward
• Vigil (album), a 1968 album by The Easybeats
• The Vigil, a 2013 album by Chick Corea
• Vigil (band), a late 1980s modern rock band.
• "Vigil (In A Wilderness of Mirrors)", a song by Fish
• "Vigil", a song by Lamb of God from their 2003 album As the Palaces Burn"

Video games

• Vigil, a character in the Mass Effect universe
• Vigil Games, a (now defunct) Texas based developer

People

• Vigil (surname)

Places

• Vigil, Asturias, Spain

Other uses

• Vigil Honor, achieved by a member of the Order of the Arrow, the honor camping society of the Boy Scouts of America
• The VIGIL Network, a secretive private organisation in London working against Islamic extremism