St. Jane De Chantal

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  • Jan 23, 1572

    Birth Date

  • Feb 12, 1572

    Where Born

    Born in Dijon, France
  • Feb 12, 1572

    Married/Children

    Married in December 12, 1592 to Christophe de Rabutin Chantal. They had 4 children which all lived ti adulthood
  • Christophe de Rabutin Chantal

    Christophe dies in a hunting accident
  • Jane Returns

    In 1604- Jane returns to Dijon and meets St. Francis de Sales
    Francis becomes her Spiritual Director
    Jane wants to enter a religious order; Francis encourages her to stay as a widow and mother
  • Jane Action

    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 Action

    She established 82 communities before her death on December 13, 1641
    She was canonized in 1767
  • Feast Day