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A vigil is a period of purposeful sleeplessness or watchfulness.

Vigil may also refer to:

Film, television and theatre

• Vigil (film), a 1984 New Zealand film directed by Vincent Ward
• The Vigil (1914 film), an American short silent drama film
• The Vigil (1998 film), a Canadian comedy film
• The Vigil (2019 film), an American horror film
• Vigil (TV series), a British police procedural television series
• "The Vigil" (Dynasty 1984), a television episode
• "The Vigil" (Dynasty 1986), a television episode
• The Vigil, fictional creatures from the Doctor Who episode "The Rings of Akhaten"
• Vigil (musical), a 2017 Australian musical by Steve Vizard and Joe Chindamo

Literature

• Jagari (English: The Vigil), a 1945 novel by Satinath Bhaduri
• Wraith (Image Comics), or Vigil, a comic book character
• Vigil (novel), a 2016 novel by Angela Slatter

Music

• Vigil (band), a 1980s American rock band
• Vigil (album), by the Easybeats, 1968
• The Vigil (album), by Chick Corea, 2013
• "Vigil", a song by Fish from Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors, 1990
• "Vigil", a song by Lamb of God from As the Palaces Burn, 2003
• "The Vigil", a song by Blue Öyster Cult from Mirrors, 1979

Video games

• Vigil: Blood Bitterness, a 2006 video game
• Vigil Games, a defunct American game developer

Other uses

• Candlelight vigil, a method of remembrance, especially following a tragedy
• Vigil (horse) (foaled 1873), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Vigil (liturgy), a night prayer service in ancient Christianity
• Vigil (surname)
• Vigil Honor, a Boy Scouts of America Order of the Arrow honor
• Vigil, a village in the parish of Santa Eulalia de Vigil, Asturias, Spain
• The Vigil, an 1884 painting by John Pettie

See also

• Vigiles, firefighters and nightwatchmen of Ancient Rome