Saint Jane de Chantal

By JJohnson_2020
  • Jan 23, 1572

    Birth

    Born January 23, 1572
  • Jan 23, 1572

    Where she was born

    Dijon France

  • Married

    Married in 1592 to Christopher de Rabutin- Chantal

  • Jane decides to help the sick and poor

    After her husbands death she stays with her father in law and decided to help the sick and poor

  • Christopher dies

    Christopher dies in a hunting accident

  • Jane meets st. Francis

    In 1604 Jane returns to Dijon and meets st. Francis

  • Francis becomes her spiritual director and Jan wants to enter a religious order

    Francis becomes her spiritual director and she wants to enter a religious order

  • The sisters of the visitation of Holy Mary

    Jun 10 , 1610, she and two other women begin their novitiate at the Galerie House, the community becomes the sisters of the visitation of Holy Mary

  • Jane's legacy

    She established 83 communities before her death on December 13, 1641, canonized in 1767

  • Jane has four children

    All four children lived to adulthood