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  • NAME: St Francis of Sales
  • OCCUPATION: Saint
  • BIRTH DATE: August 21, 1567
  • DEATH DATE: December 28, 1622
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Château de Thorens, Savoy, France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Lyon, France

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St Francis of Sales was a Bishop and is Roman Catholic saint who spent much of his life converting Protestants back to Catholicism.


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St Francis of Sales was Roman Catholic Bishop and doctor of the church who spent much of his life converting Protestants back to Catholicism, primarily in the area of Chablais, France. He wrote the devotional classic, Introduction to a Devout Life, which emphasized that anyone, not just those withdrawn from society, may reach spiritual perfection. He founded the order of Visitation Nuns.

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