Mass of Jan. 29: St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor

Jan 29 2020 12:10 pm

St. Francis, Count of Sales, Bishop of Geneva, patron of Catholic writers, preached the word of God to the Calvinists and brought back sixty thousand to the Catholic faith.  He founded with St. Jane Fremiot de Chantal the Order of the Visitation.  He died A.D. 1622.
Proper on pages 1157, 1032.  Common Preface on page 886.