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- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information about Saint Jane of Valois
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- Date of Birth and Death
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Jane of Valois
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Queen
Saint Jane of Valois Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Jane of Valois
The following provides fast and concise facts and information: - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Jane of Valois: February 4
- Description / Title of the Saint : Queen
- Date of Death: Saint Jane of Valois died 1505
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The Story and History of Saint Jane of Valois
The story and history of Saint Jane of Valois. Born of the blood royal of France, herself a queen, Jane of Valois led a life remarkable for its humiliations even in the annals of the Saints. Her father, Louis XI., who had hoped for a son to succeed him, banished Jane from his palace, and, it is said, even attempted her life. At the age of five the neglected child offered her whole heart to God, and yearned to do some special service in honor of His blessed Mother. At the king's wish, though against her own inclination, she was married to the Duke of Orleans. Towards an indifferent and unworthy husband her conduct was ever most patient and dutiful. Her prayers and tears saved him from a traitor's death and shortened the captivity which his rebellion had merited. Still nothing could win a heart which was already given to another. When her husband ascended the throne as Louis XII., his first act was to repudiate by false representations one who through twenty-two years of cruel neglect had been his true and loyal wife. At the final sentence of separation, the saintly queen exclaimed, "God be praised Who has allowed this, that I may serve Him better . than I have heretofore done." Retiring to Bourges, she there realized her long-formed desire of founding the Order of the Annunciation, in honor of the Mother of God.
Under the guidance of St. Francis of Paula, the director of her childhood, St. Jane was enabled to overcome the serious obstacles which even good people raised against the foundation of her new Order. In 1501 the rule of the Annunciation was finally approved by Alexander VI. The chief aim of the institute was to imitate the ten virtues practised by Our Lady in the mystery of the Incarnation, the superioress being called "Ancelle," handmaid, in honor of Mary's humility. St. Jane built and endowed the first convent of the Order in 1502. She died in heroic sanctity, 1505, and was buried in the royal crown and purple, beneath which lay the habit of her Order. Feast Day of Saint Jane of Valois
The Feast Day of Saint Jane of Valois is February 4. 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 Jane of Valois- Short, concise biography of Saint Jane of Valois
- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
- Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Jane of Valois
- Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Jane of Valois - February 4
- History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
- Date of Death: 1505
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Jane of Valois
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Queen
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