04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 29th, is Saint Francis de Salese’s Day, With Footnotes – 29

Saint Francis de Sales CO OM OFM Cap. (21 August 1567 – 28 December 1622). Francis was ordained to the priesthood in 1593. From 1594 to 1598 he preached to the Protestants of Chablais and effected the return of some 70,000 souls to the Catholic faith. In 1602 he became bishop of Genf. 

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