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- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information about Saint Francis of Sales
- Fast, concise facts and information
- Date of Birth and Death
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Francis of Sales
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Bishop of Geneva
Saint Francis of Sales Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Francis of Sales
The following provides fast and concise facts and information: - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Francis of Sales: January 29
- Description / Title of the Saint : Bishop of Geneva
- Date of Birth: Saint Francis of Sales was born 1566
- Date of Death: Saint Francis of Sales died 1622
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The Story and History of Saint Francis of Sales
The story and history of Saint Francis of Sales. Francis was born of noble and pious parents, near Annecy, 1566, and studied with brilliant success at Paris and Padua. On his return from Italy he gave up the grand career which his father had marked out for him in the service of the state, and became a priest. When the Duke of Savoy had resolved to restore the Church in the Chablais, Francis offered himself for the work, and set out on foot with his Bible and breviary and one companion, his cousin Louis of Sales. It was a work of toil, privation, and danger. Every door and every heart was closed against him. He was rejected with insult and threatened with death. But nothing could daunt or resist him, and ere long the Church burst forth into a second spring. It is stated that he converted 72,000 Calvinists. He was then compelled by the Pope to become Coadjutor Bishop of Geneva, and succeeded to the see in 1602. At times the exceeding gentleness with which he received heretics and sinners almost scandalized his friends, and one of them said to him, "Francis of Sales will go to Paradise, of course; but I am not so sure of the Bishop of Geneva: I am almost afraid his gentleness will play him a shrewd turn." "Ah," said the Saint, "I would rather account to God for too great gentleness than for too great severity. Is not God all love? God the Father is the Father of mercy; God the Son is a Lamb; God the Holy Ghost is a Dove - that is, gentleness itself. And are you wiser than God?" In union with St. Jane Frances of Chantal he founded at Annecy the Order of the Visitation, which soon spread over Europe. Though poor, he refused provisions and dignities, and even the great see of Paris. He died at Avignon, 1622. Feast Day of Saint Francis of Sales
The Feast Day of Saint Francis of Sales is January 29. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven. |
Saint Francis of Sales- Short, concise biography of Saint Francis of Sales
- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
- Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Francis of Sales
- Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Francis of Sales - January 29
- History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
- Date of Death: 1622
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Francis of Sales
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Bishop of Geneva
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