Francis de Sales was a Catholic prelate from Savoyard who served as Bishop of Geneva from 1602 to 1622. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his lan
Château de Bussy Rabutin Saint François de Sales, évêque de Genève
St Francis de Sales, by Giovanni Battista Lucini
San Francisco de Sales, by Francisco Bayeu y Subías
The Order of Minims, known in German-speaking countries as the Paulaner Order, are a mendicant order of friars and nuns in the Catholic Church, founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy.
Francis de Sales
…the Introduction to the Devout Life and the Treatise on the Love of God. He was a member of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, a tertiary of the Order of Minims, and was canonized in 1665. Francis de Sales was born two months premature on 21 August 1567 in the Château de Sales into the noble Sales family of the…
Francis of Paola (1416–1507), founder of the Order of Minims
Marin Mersenne (1588–1648)
Charles Plumier (1646–1704)
Louis Feuillée (1660–1732).