Francis of Sales

American  

[seylz, sal] / seɪlz, sal /

noun

1. Saint, 1567–1622, French ecclesiastic and writer on theology: bishop of Geneva 1602–22.

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Francis of Sales British  

/ sal, seɪlz /

noun

1. Saint . 1567–1622, French ecclesiastic and theologian; bishop of Geneva (1602–22) and an opponent of Calvinism; author of Introduction to a Devout Life (1609) and founder of the Order of the Visitation (1610). Feast day: Jan 24

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Francis of Sales

Michel comments that it became almost “a Franciscan doctrine”; in addition to Franciscans, distinguished non-Franciscan adherents included Gabriel Biel, Denis the Carthusian, Francis of Sales, and the Jesuits Salmeron and Suarez.

From Forbes ● May 20, 2012

Francis of Sales, St., cited, 12,17, 26; on care of the Church, 44; works of, 162 n.,

From The Education of Catholic Girls by Stuart, Janet Erskine

Du Perron and St Francis of Sales survived until nearly the end of its first quarter, and the most remarkable works of the latter bear the dates of 1608 and later.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

The order is a recent one, and was instituted by Saint Francis of Sales while Beza ruled in Geneva and the Reformation had just disturbed the religious balance of Europe.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

Or is your Beza a better man than Messer Francis of Sales?

From The Long Night by Weyman, Stanley John