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Saint Francis de Sales

Saint
Francis de Sales
CO, OM, OFM Cap.
Bishop of Geneva
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Native name François de Sales
Province Vienne
Diocese Geneva
Appointed 15 July 1602 (Coadjutor)
Installed 8 December 1602
Term ended 28 December 1622
Predecessor Claude de Granier
Successor Jean-François de Sales
Orders
Ordination 18 December 1593
by Claude de Granier
Consecration 8 December 1602
by Vespasien Gribaldi
Personal details
Born (1567-08-21)21 August 1567
Château de Sales, Duchy of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire
Died 28 December 1622(1622-12-28) (aged 55)
Lyons, Lyonnais, Kingdom of France
Previous post Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum (1602)
Motto Non-excidet
Coat of arms
Sainthood
Feast day
Venerated in
Title as Saint Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Beatified 8 January 1661
Rome, Papal States,
by Pope Alexander VII
Canonized 8 April 1665
Rome, Papal States,
by Pope Alexander VII
Attributes Heart of Jesus, Crown of Thorns
Patronage Baker, Oregon; Cincinnati, Ohio; Catholic press; Columbus, Ohio; confessors; deaf people; educators; Upington, South Africa; Wilmington, Delaware; writers; journalists; the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
Shrines Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France

Francis de Sales, CO OM OFM Cap. (French: François de Sales; 21 August 1567 – 28 December 1622) was a Bishop of Geneva and is honored as a saint in the Anglican and Catholic church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation. He is known also for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly the Introduction to the Devout Life and the Treatise on the Love of God.

Francis de Sales was born on 21 August 1567 in the Château de Sales into the noble Sales family of the Duchy of Savoy, in what is today Thorens-Glières, Haute-Savoie, France. His father was François de Sales, Lord of Boisy, Sales, and Novel. His mother was Françoise de Sionnaz, the only child of prominent magistrate, Melchior de Sionnaz, and a noblewoman. He was baptized Francis Bonaventura, after two great Franciscan saints. His father wanted him, the first of his six sons, to attend the best schools in preparation for a career as a magistrate. He therefore enjoyed a privileged education in the nearby town of La Roche-sur-Foron and at the age of eight, at the Capuchin college in Annecy.


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