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Autografi - di Sales, Francesco
Relic of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jeanne Frances Frémiot de Chantal, 1790
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Bone capsule containing relics, "particula Carnis", of St. Francis de Sales and Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot, Baroness de Chantal, foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Santa Maria, proclaimed a saint in 1767 by Pope Clement XIII. Enclosed is the certification of authenticity of the two relics issued by Giuseppe Maria Paget, bishop and prince of Geneva, and abbot of Chezery, who was later principal of Superga, abbot of St. Christopher of Bergamo and reformer of the studies in Savoy, as well as provost of the chapter of Geneva. The certification bears the signature: Annecy 9 April 1790. Traces of seal in sealing wax. All stored in an elegant coeval brown leather case.
Specialist Notes
St. Francis de Sales can rightly be considered the inspirer and co-founder of the Salesian order, founded by St. John Bosco and placed under the protection of Maria SS. Helper; while its owner and patron is precisely St. Francis de Sales, because Don Bosco wanted the Salesians to be inspired by the sweetness and charity of this saint.