There with apostolic zeal, the new provost devoted himself to preaching, hearing confessions, and the other work of his ministry. de Boisy yielded and Francis received Holy Orders (1593).įrom the time of the Reformation the seat of the Bishopric of Geneva had been fixed at Annecy. It was the highest office in the diocese, M. Then Claude de Granier, Bishop of Geneva, obtained for Francis, on his own initiative, the position of Provost of the Chapter of Geneva, a post in the patronage of the pope. His father would not consent to see his expectations thwarted. His father had selected one of the noblest heiresses of Savoy to be the partner of his future life, but Francis declared his intention of embracing the ecclesiastical life. Having been admitted as a lawyer before the senate of Chambéry, he was about to be appointed senator. He received his diploma of doctorate from the famous Pancirola in 1592. In 1588 he studied law at Padua, where the Jesuit Father Possevin was his spiritual director. Etienne-des-Grès, he made a vow of chastity and consecrated himself to the Blessed Virgin Mary. After a terrible and prolonged temptation to despair, caused by the discussions of the theologians of the day on the question of predestination, from which he was suddenly freed as he knelt before a miraculous image of Our Lady at St. While there he began a course of theology. From 1583 till 1588 he studied rhetoric and humanities at the college of Clermont, Paris, under the care of the Jesuits. His father intended him for the magistracy and sent him at an early age to the colleges of La Roche and Annecy. The future saint was the eldest of six brothers. His father, François de Sales de Boisy, and his mother, Françoise de Sionnaz, belonged to old Savoyard aristocratic families. born at Thorens, in the Duchy of Savoy, 21 August, 1567 died at Lyons, 28 December, 1622.

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