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Francis de Sales

Bishop of Geneva and Catholic saint (1567–1622)

This article is about the Catholic saint. For the American actor, see Francis DeSales. For other uses, see Francis de Sales (disambiguation).

"Saint François de Sales" redirects here. For the commune, see Saint-François-de-Sales.

Saint

Francis de Sales III

CO, OM

Saint Francis de Sales III

Born

22 August 1567
Château de Sales, Duchy of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire

Residence

Annecy, France

Died

22 December 1622(1622-12-22) (aged 55)
Lyon, Lyonnais, Kingdom of France

Beatified

8 January 1661, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Alexander VII

Canonized

8 April 1665, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Alexander VII

Feast

24 January (General Roman Calendar of 1969)
29 January (General Roman Calendar of 1960 and local communities)

Attributes

Heart of Jesus, Crown of Thorns

Patronage

Baker, Oregon; Cincinnati, Ohio; Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana; Catholic press; Columbus, Ohio; confessors; deaf people; educators; Upington, South Africa; Wilmington, Delaware; writers; jour

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Francis of Assisi

Italian Catholic saint (c. 1181–1226)

This article is about the friar and patron saint. For other uses, see Francis of Assisi (disambiguation).

Saint Francis of Assisi OFM
A painting of Saint Francis^[a] by Philip Fruytiers
Born	Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone 1181 Assisi, Duchy of Spoleto, Holy Roman Empire
Died	3 October 1226 (aged approximately 44 years) Assisi, Umbria, Papal States
Venerated in
Canonized	16 July 1228, Assisi, Papal States by Pope Gregory IX
Major shrine	Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi
Feast	4 October
Attributes	Franciscan habit, birds, animals, stigmata, crucifix, book, and a skull
Patronage	Franciscan Order, poor people,^[5]ecology; animals; stowaways; merchants; Aguada, Puerto Rico; Naga, Cebu; Buhi, Camarines Sur; Balamban, Cebu; Dumanjug, Cebu; General Trias, Cavite and Italy

Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone (c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi,^[b] was an Italian^[c]mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the re

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In the name of the lord, Amen. Here begins the preface to the life of blessed Francis.

Desiring to relate in order, with pious devotion and under the constant guidance and teaching of truth, the acts and life of our most blessed father Francis, it has been my endeavor, at the bidding of the lord and glorious Pope Gregory,¹ to set forth to the best of my ability (though with unskilled words) at least those things that I have heard from blessed Francis' own mouth or have understood from faithful and approved witnesses, since the memory of none can retain all that be did and taught. But would that I might deserve to be the disciple of him who always avoided dark sayings and knew no pomp of words!

I have divided the whole of what I have been able to gather concerning that blessed man into three parts, arranging everything in single chapters, so that differences in time might not confuse the order of events and bring the truth into doubt. The first part accordingly keeps to the historical order and is principally devoted to the purity of his blessed conversation and li