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Francis de Sales

Type Figure Region Savoy Time 1567–1622 Also known as Francis de Sales、圣方济各·撒勒士、Saint Francis de Sales

Savoyard Catholic bishop, writer, and spiritual director, a major driver of the early 17th-century Catholic revival in France;…

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  1. 1567–1578Thorens-Glières · Haute-SavoieBorn in 1567 into a noble family of Savoy, he received a Catholic education in childhood, displaying a devout character and literary talent that laid the foundation for his later theological studies.
  2. 1578–1592Paris · ParisFrom about 1578 he studied humanities and theology at the Jesuit college in Paris, later going to the University of Padua to study law and theology, earning doctorates in both in 1592 and resolving to devote himself to the Church.
  3. 1593–1602Chambéry · ChambéryOrdained a priest in 1593, he carried out gentle conversions by letters, sermons, and visits in the strongly Calvinist Chambéry–Geneva border region, and in 1602 published Introduction to the Devout Life, establishing his standing as a spiritual writer.
  4. 1602–1622Annecy · AnnecyFrom 1602 he served as Bishop of Geneva, governing the diocese from Annecy; in 1610 he co-founded the Visitation Order with Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, continuing to write and pastor until his death in 1622.

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