Now that he was a lawyer, his father chose for him a suitable Savoyard heiress to be his wife, but Francis decided on the Church.
The eldest of six brothers, Francis was destined for the magistracy and carried out his early studies in rhetoric, literature and theology in Paris under the Jesuits, In 1588 he went to Padua to study law, and received a doctorate. His father was François de Sales de Boisy, and his mother was Françoise de Sionnaz, both belonging to old Savoyard aristocratic families. Though Francis de Sales lived only another four years, his own spirituality and virtue, as well as his writings, especially An Introduction to the Devout Life, and Treatise on the Love of God, were to have a profound influence on Vincent.įrancis de Sales was born at Thorens in the Duchy of Savoy on August 21, 1567. Vincent de Paul came into contact with Francis de Sales in Paris in 1618 or 1619. 7 Salesian Influence on Vincent de Paul.
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