John Bosco
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John Melchior Bosco, SDB, popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, and writer. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the ill effects of industria
Bosco in 1880
Depiction of Bosco as a little preacher repeating the Sunday Sermon
Photograph of Bosco, c. 1887
Bosco (sitting at right) during a visit to Barcelona in 1886
Francis de Sales
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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
John Bosco
…based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventive System. As a follower of the spirituality and philosophy of Francis de Sales, Bosco was an ardent devotee of the Virgin Mary under the title Mary Help of Christians. He later dedicated his works to de Sales when he founded the…
Château de Bussy Rabutin Saint François de Sales, évêque de Genève
Francis de Sales age 12
St Francis de Sales, by Giovanni Battista Lucini
San Francisco de Sales, by Francisco Bayeu y Subías