| Born | 21 August 1567 Château de Sales Duchy of Savoy |
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| Died | 28 December 1622 (aged 55) Lyon, France |
| Beatified | 8 January 1661, Rome by Pope Alexander VII |
| Canonized | 8 April 1665, Rome by Pope Alexander VII |
| Shrine | Annecy, France |
| Feast | January 29 (local communities and among Traditional Roman Catholics) |
| Attributes | Heart of Jesus, Crown of Thorns |
| Patronage | Baker, Oregon; Cincinnati, Ohio; Catholic press; Columbus, Ohio; confessors; deaf people; educators; Upington, South Africa;Wilmington, Delaware; writers;journalists |
* You can find lots of links, coloring pages, and other information about St. Francis de Sales, at these posts. from past years. Happy Feast of St. Francis!
** Oh, and the graphic with the bio information on St. Francis, I adapted from Wikipedias (in the interest of full disclosure... ;0).
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