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Aug 12, 2024 · Jane Frances de Chantal was a wife and the mother of six. When her husband was killed, Saint Jane Frances took a vow not to remarry and sought to join a religious community. She was dissuaded by her spiritual director, Saint Francis de Sales.
Jane was recognized for her intelligence and piety from an early age, and her beauty, faith, strong moral character, and personal virtues were widely acknowledged. Her brother pursued a religious life, becoming first a priest, and later the Archbishop of Bourges.
Jul 16, 2020 · St. Jane de Chantal was a seventeenth-century noble woman, in a region variously shared by France, Italy and Switzerland, who, with remarkable amiability and impressive administrative skills, was...
Aug 12, 2023 · Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, also known as Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot de Chantal, was a French Catholic nun who dedicated her life to serving God and others. She is revered as the patron saint of forgotten people, widows, and parents who have lost a child.
St. Jane Frances de Chantal — The martyrs of love suffer infinitely more in remaining in this life so as to serve God, than if they died a thousand times over in testimony to their faith, their love, and their fidelity. By Catholic Digest.
Aug 12, 2011 · On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, founder, with St. Francis de Sales, of the Visitation Order. After her husband was killed in a hunting accident, Jane...
Aug 12, 2020 · In this case, we will look at two saints, two friends, named after God’s Holy Fool, St. Francis of Assisi: St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane Frances de Chantal — with a guest appearance...
Summary: St Jane Frances de Chantal was a happily married woman with four children whose husband died in a hunting accident. Helped by St Francis de Sales, she founded the Order of the Visitation, adapted for widows and women like herself.
Aug 12, 2015 · St. Jane Frances de Chantal. Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal was the foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Mary. She was born in 1572 and came from a noble family, her...
