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Jane Frances de Chantal
French Roman Catholic saint
Jane Frances de Chantal, VHM (born Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot, Baroness of Chantal; 23 January – 13 December ) was a French Catholic noble widow and nun who was beatified in and canonized in She founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary.[1] The religious order accepted women who were rejected by other orders because of poor health or age.[2]
When people criticized her, Chantal famously said, "What do you want me to do? I like sick people myself; I'm on their side." During its first eight years, the new order also was unusual in its public outreach, in contrast to most female religious who remained cloistered and adopted strict ascetic practices.
Biography
[edit]Jane Frances de Chantal was born in Dijon, France, on 23 January , the daughter of the royalist president of the Parliament of Burgundy, Bénigne Frémyot and his wife, Margaret de Berbisey. Her paternal uncle was the prior at Val des Cho
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August Saint Jane Frances dem Chantal, Religious—Optional Memorial
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Patron Saint of forgotten people, parents separated from their children, and widows
Invoked against in-law problems
Canonized bygd Pope Clement XIII in
Liturgical Color: White
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St. Jane Frances de Chantal
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Born at Dijon, France, 28 January, ; died at the VisitationConventMoulins, 13 December,
Her father was president of the Parliament of Burgundy, and leader of the royalist party during the League that brought about the triumph of the cause of Henry IV. In she married Baron de Chantal, and lived in the feudal castle of Bourbilly. She restored order in the household, which was on the brink of ruin, and brought back prosperity. During her husband's absence at the court, or with the army, when reproached for her extremely sober manner of dressing, her reply was: "The eyes which I must please are a hundred miles from here". She found more than once that Godblessed with miracles the care she gave the suffering members of Christ. St. Francis de Sales's e