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Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Francis of Assisi Date Unknown Artist Unknown Church of Sainte Marguerite Le Vésinet Yvelines France Photographed On 21 August 2012 By Reinhardhauke
Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Francis of Assisi Date Unknown Artist Unknown Church of Sainte Marguerite Le Vésinet Yvelines France Photographed On 21 August 2012 By Reinhardhauke

Saint Francis De Sales

Also known as: Francis of Sales; Gentle Christ of Geneva; the Gentleman Saint; Franz von Sales

Saint

Feast Day

January 24

Born

August 21, 1567

Died

December 28, 1622

Canonized

19 April 1665 by Pope Alexander VII

Beatified

8 January 1662 by Pope Alexander VII

Biography

Saint Francis de Sales, also known as Francis of Sales, is a prominent Catholic saint, theologian, and bishop who lived in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Born on August 21, 1567, at Château de Thorens in Savoy (part of modern France), he was the eldest of twelve children born to François de Boisy and Françoise de Sionnz, both members of a well-placed Savoyard family....

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