Marie de Sales Chappuis
| Venerable Marie de Sales Chappuis, VHM |
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| Religious Nun, Foundress, Mystic | |
| Born | Marie-Thérèse Chappuis 16 June 1793 Soyhières, Canton of Jura, Switzerland |
| Died | 7 October 1875 Troyes, Aube, France |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 7 October |
Venerable Marie de Sales Chappuis (16 June 1793 in Soyhières, Canton of Jura, Switzerland – 7 October 1875 in Troyes, Aube, France) was a Roman Catholic nun and a spiritual leader in the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. She also co-founded the congregation of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales along with Blessed Father Louis Brisson.
Marie-Thérèse Chappuis was born in Soyhières, at that time in the Département du Mont-Terrible in France, on 16 June 1793, to innkeepers, Pierre-Joseph Chappuis (1752–1822) and Marie-Catherine Fleury (died 1837). Her father served in the Cent-Suisses, corps d'infanterie Suisse, attached to the personal guard of the king of France. Her mother was the daughter of François Fleury, Mayor of Soyhières and innkeeper of the village. She was also the niece of Joseph Fleury (1723–1812), the Curé de Soyhières. Out of eleven children born of this union, seven entered religion life. Marie-Thérèse received her sacrament of First Communion in 1802. At the age of twelve years, she entered as an intern pupil in the Visitation Convent at Fribourg, where she remained three years.
In June 1811, she returned to the convent as a postulant, but left it again in three months. Three years later she came back and received the religious habit on 3 June 1815. It was during her novitiate year that Marie-Thérèse, who had taken the name of Marie-Françoise de Sales at her profession on 9 June 1816, experienced in her prayer life extraordinary insights into her relationship with God and the plans that he had in store for her. She steeped herself in the writings of St. Francis de Sales and later exclaimed that she found everything she needed and wanted in his writings and did not bother to read other spiritual books. A year after taking her vows she was sent to Metz, but reasons of health compelled her to return to Fribourg.
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