Francois de Sales by Michael de la Bedoyere HB

Francois de Sales  by Michael de la Bedoyere  HB

used and in fair condition, showing its age - personalized inscription on the back of the front fly leaf.

Image is of actual item.  5.75 ins x 8.5 ins (14.5  cms x 21.75  cms), 256 pages.  Published by Collins in 1960.

A nobleman of Savoie and Bishop of Geneva, Francois de Sales charmed inot a more Christian way of life not only the hardy people of his native mountains and valleys, but the learned and sophisticated men and women of the French capital.  Henry IV described him thus: "A rare bird indeed; devote, learned and a gentleman into the bargain ... He does not know the art of flattery : his mind is too sincere for that ...He is gentle, good and humble - deeply pious, but without useless scruples".  Yet Francois charm was but the outward expression of a toughness and holiness , shown in his extraordinary apostolate of the Calvinist Chablais and in his leadership of the great mystical revival inthe 16th to 17th century France.  His own spiritual development was accomplished through his affection for another saint, Jeanne de Chantal, a friendslhip which forms one of the most attractive stories inthe lives of the saints.

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