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The most important life information
St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
21st 1567 August: born at Castle Sales at Thorens in Savoy;
1573-78 school in La Roche and Annecy
1578-88 Studies in Paris;
1586/87 "crisis of Paris": Francis de Sales refers to his optimistic of God and of man that will shape him for life;
1588-91 study in Padua, 1591 5th
September: Doctor of the Church and secular law;
18th 1593 December: ordination and appointment as provost in Annecy of the Diocese of Geneva / Annecy,
Successful missionary work in Chablais 1594-98;
25th 1595 January: the start of the leaflet campaign for evangelization;
1598/99 Ad Limina visit to Rome on behalf of his bishop and Bishop Claude de Granier exam appointment as bishop coadjutor with the right of succession;
1601/02 1st diplomatic trip to Paris to discuss with King Henry IV of France, the Catholic Renewal of belonging to France, parts of the diocese of Geneva.
8th 1602 December: Episcopal ordination in Thorens;
5th 1604 March: First meeting with Jane Frances de Chantal in Dijon;
His 1609 bestseller "Philothea" or "instructions for religious life" appears in Lyon;
6th 1610 June: Foundation of Visitation or "Visitation";
31st 1616 July: His main theological work, "Treatise" or "Treatise on the Love of God" appears in Lyon;
1618/19 2nd diplomatic trip to Paris. The occasion was the marriage of Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy and Princess Christina of France, the sister of King Louis XIII;.
28th 1622 December: Death in Lyon at the age of 55 years of complications of a stroke;
1623 January: transfer and burial of the body in Annecy.
main activities as a bishop: Implementation of the Council of Trent reforms, reform of the monasteries and the clergy, Searches of all 311 parishes in his diocese, founded 13 monasteries of the Visitation, catechism classes and promotion of education in young and old, Consultant in disputes, political disputes, return of the Calvinists to the Catholic faith, more than 3000 sermons, spiritual guidance from many women and men.
28th 1661 December: beatification by Pope Alexander VII;
19th 1665 April: canonization by Pope Alexander VII;
19th 1877 July: survey on church teaching by Sel. Pope Pius IX;.
26th 1923 January: Provision of the patron saint of writers and journalists by Pope Pius XI;
also. Patron of the Deaf and the cities Geneva, Annecy, Chambery.
Memorial Day: 24 January
