Saint Jeanne De Chantal
Also known as: Jane Frances of Chantel; Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal; Giovanna Francesca de Chantal
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 12
Born
January 28, 1572
Died
December 13, 1641
Canonized
16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII
Beatified
21 November 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV
Biography
Saint Jeanne de Chantal, also known as Jane Frances of Chantal, was born on 28 January 1572 in Dijon, Burgundy, France. She was born into a noble family, the daughter of the president of the Parliament of Burgundy, who raised her alone after the death of her mother when she was just 18 months old. At the age of twenty, Jeanne married Baron de Chantal in 1592 and became the mother of four children....