Detail of A Photograph of Mother Françoise De Sales Aviat 1895 Photographer Unknown

Saint Francisca Salesia

Also known as: Frances de Sales Aviat; Francesca Salesia Aviat; Francisca Salesia Aviat; Francisca Salesia; Françoise de Sales; Fransiska Salesia Aviat; God’s Little Instrument; Leonia Aviat; Leonie Aviat; Léonie Aviat; Léonie Françoise de Sales Aviat; Mother Francoise; Mother Françoise de Sales Aviat

Saint

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

10 January; 11 January on some calendars

Born

16 September 1844 at Sezanne, France as Leonia Aviat

Died

10 January 1914 at Perugia, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II; her canonization miracle involved the healing of the paralyzing spinal disease of a 14 year old girl from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Beatified

27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

1 December 1978 by Pope John Paul II

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Biography

Saint Francisca Salesia, also known as Leonia Aviat, was born on September 16, 1844, in Sezanne, France, to Theodore Aviat, a shopkeeper, and Emilie Caillot. She was baptized on September 17, 1844, and later confirmed on July 2, 1856.