January 24 Saint Francis de Sales. by irapuato on January 24, 2015 [For more, see: gloria.tv/search/irapuato de sales] Bishop, Doctor of the Church (1567-1622) Saint Francis de Sales was born in 1567…More
January 24 Saint Francis de Sales.
by irapuato on January 24, 2015 [For more, see: gloria.tv/search/irapuato de sales]
Bishop, Doctor of the Church (1567-1622) Saint Francis de Sales was born in 1567 near Annecy, of noble and pious parents, and studied with brilliant success at Paris and Padua. On his return from Italy he gave up the grand career which his father had destined for him in the service of the state, and became a priest.
When the duke of Savoy resolved to restore the shattered Church in the Chablais, Francis offered himself for the work and set out on foot with his Bible and breviary, accompanied by one companion, his cousin Louis of Sales. It was a work of toil, privation and danger. Every door and every heart was closed against him. He was rejected with insult and threatened with death, but nothing could daunt him or resist him indefinitely. And before long the Church blossomed into a second spring. It is said that he converted 72,000 Calvinists.
He was compelled by the …More
by irapuato on January 24, 2015 [For more, see: gloria.tv/search/irapuato de sales]
Bishop, Doctor of the Church (1567-1622) Saint Francis de Sales was born in 1567 near Annecy, of noble and pious parents, and studied with brilliant success at Paris and Padua. On his return from Italy he gave up the grand career which his father had destined for him in the service of the state, and became a priest.
When the duke of Savoy resolved to restore the shattered Church in the Chablais, Francis offered himself for the work and set out on foot with his Bible and breviary, accompanied by one companion, his cousin Louis of Sales. It was a work of toil, privation and danger. Every door and every heart was closed against him. He was rejected with insult and threatened with death, but nothing could daunt him or resist him indefinitely. And before long the Church blossomed into a second spring. It is said that he converted 72,000 Calvinists.
He was compelled by the …More