Events Tagged: "Francis de Sales"

Birth of St. Francis de Sales in Savoy - future Doctor of the Church and gentle evangelist

St. Francis de Sales becomes Bishop of Geneva - converts 70,000 Calvinists through gentleness

St. Francis de Sales publishes 'Introduction to Devout Life' - Shows holiness possible for laity - 'Be who you are and be that well'

St. Francis de Sales writes 'Introduction to the Devout Life' - spirituality for laypeople in the world

St. Francis de Sales venerates Shroud privately - Writes: 'This sacred shroud wraps not a dead but a living Christ'

Death of St. Francis de Sales - Doctor of the Church, patron of writers and journalists