Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

Jane Frances de Chantal (Jeanne-Françoise Frémiot, baronne de Chantal, January 28, 1572 - December 13, 1641) was born in Dijon, France. The mother of six children, she was widowed at the age of 28. She met Saint Francis de Sales when he preached at the Sainte Chapelle in Dijon and was inspired to start a Catholic religious order for women, the Congregation of the Visitation.

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Baronne - January 28 - 1572 - December 13 - 1641 - Dijon - France - Saint - Francis de Sales - Catholic - Religious order - Women - Visitation

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She died at one of the convents she founded in Moulins and was buried in Annecy. She was beatified on August 21, 1751, and canonized on July 16, 1767.

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Convent - Moulins - Annecy - Beatified - August 21 - 1751 - Canonized - July 16 - 1767

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December 12 is her feast day. In the United States and elsewhere in the Americas, her feast day was moved to August 18 (the first free day closest to the day of her beatification) to allow the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12.

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December 12 - Feast day - August 18 - Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal was the paternal grandmother of the French letter-writer Madame de Sévigné.

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Letter - Madame de Sévigné

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Source: The Catholic Encyclopedia

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