SELECTED LETTERS OF SAINT JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL

PREFACE

TRANSLATORS' PREFACE

CONTENTS

JUDGMENT OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ON THE VIRTUES OF MOTHER DE CHANTAL

I. To St. Francis de Sales.

II. To the Same.

III. To M. Legros at Dijon.

IV. The Duke of Savoy to St. Jane Frances de Chantal.

V. To Madame d'Auxerre,[A] Foundress of the Monastery of the Visitation at Lyons.

VI. To St. Francis de Sales.

VII. To the Sisters of the Monastery of the Visitation of Annecy.

VIII. To Sister Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Assistant and Mistress of Novices at Annecy.

IX. To Sister Péronne Marie de Châtel at Lyons.

X. To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons.

XI. To the Same.

XII. To the Same.

XIII. To Sister Péronne Marie de Châtel at Lyons.

XIV. To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons.

XV. To Sisters Péronne Marie de Châtel and Marie Aimée de Blonay.

XVI. To Mother M. J. Favre.

XVII. To Madame de Gouffier.

XVIII. To Mother Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons.

XIX. To Sister Marie Aimée de Blonay, Mistress of Novices at Lyons.[A]

XX. To the Same.

XXI. To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons.

XXII. To the Same.

XXIII. To Mother Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Superior at Moulins. On the death of the Saint's daughter, Madame de Thorens.[A]

XXIV. To M. de Neuchèze, the Saint's nephew.

XXV. To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons.

XXVI. To Madame de la Fléchère.[A]

XXVII. To Sister Paule Jéronyme de Monthoux,[A] Mistress of Novices at Annecy.

XXVIII. To M. Michel Favre, Confessor to St. Francis de Sales, and to the Religious of the Visitation at Annecy.

XXIX. To Sister Anne Marie Rosset, Assistant at Annecy.

XXX. To Sister Paul Jéronyme de Monthoux, Mistress of Novices at Annecy.

XXXI. To Madame de la Fléchère.

XXXII. To Mother Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Superior at Moulins.

XXXIII. To Mother Péronne Marie de Châtel, Superior at Grenoble.

XXXIV. To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons.

XXXV. To Sister Marie-Avoye Humbert, at Moulins.

XXXVI. To the Sisters of the Visitation of Bourges.

XXXVII. To the Sisters of the Visitation of Moulins.

XXXVIII. To Mother Péronne-Marie de Châtel,[A] Superior at Grenoble.

XXXIX. To Mademoiselle de Chantal.

XL. To Mother Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Superior at Moulins.

XLI. To Mademoiselle de Chantal.

XLII. To Sister Marie-Marthe Legros, at Bourges.

XLIII. To Madame du Tertre.

XLIV. To M. de Palierne, Treasurer of France at Moulins.

XLV. To St. Francis de Sales.

XLVI. To Madame de la Fléchère.

XLVII. To the Countess de Toulonjon.

XLVIII. To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Montferrand.

XLIX. To M. de Neuchèze.

L. To Mother Anne Catherine de Beaumont, Superior of the First Monastery of Paris.

LI. To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Dijon.

LII. To Mother Anne Catherine de Beaumont, Superior of the First Monastery of Paris.

LIII. To Mother Marie Hélène de Chastellux, Superior at Moulins.

LIV. To Sister Marie Marguerite Milletot at Dijon.

LV. To Sister Françoise Gasparde de la Grave,[A] Assistant to the Superior at Belley.

LVI. To Mgr. the Bishop of Autun.

LVII. To Sister Anne Marie Rosset, Assistant and Mistress of Novices at Dijon.

LVIII. To the Rev. Father Dom John de Saint François, General of the Order of Feuillants.

LIX. To a Religious of the First Monastery of the Visitation at Paris.

LX. To the Countess de Toulonjon.

LXI. To Sister Anne Catherine de Sautereau, Mistress of Novices at Grenoble.

LXII. To Mother Anne Catherine de Beaumont, Superior of the First Monastery of Paris.

LXIII. To the Same.

LXIV. Mother Marie Adrienne Fichet, Superior at Rumilly.

LXV. To the Sisters of the Visitation.[A]

LXVI. To Sister Anne Marie de Lage de Puylaurens, Assistant and Mistress of Novices at Bourges.

LXVII. To the Baron de Chantal, the Saint's Son.

LXVIII. To the Same.

LXIX. To M. de Coulanges, Junior, at Paris.

LXX. To the Countess de Toulonjon.

LXXI. To the Same.

LXXII. To Mother Marie-Adrienne Fichet, Superior at Rumilly.

LXXIII. To Mother Anne Catherine de Beaumont, Superior of the First Monastery of Paris.

LXXIV. To a Visitation Superior.

LXXV. To Mother Jeanne Hélène de Gérard, Superior at Embrun.

LXXVI. To Sister Françoise-Angélique de la Croix de Fésigney, Mistress of Novices at Riom.[A]

LXXVII. To St. Vincent de Paul.[A]

LXXVIII. To the Countess de Toulonjon.

LXXIX. Extract from a letter to Mother Favre.

LXXX. To Sister Anne Marguerite Clément at Orleans.

LXXXI. To Mother Catherine-Charlotte de Crémaux de la Grange.

LXXXII. To M. Poiton,[A] at Chambery.

LXXXIII. To Dom Galice, Barnabite Father at Montargis.

LXXXIV. To the Same.

LXXXV. To Mother Anne Marguerite Clément, Superior at Montargis.

LXXXVI. To Sister Marie Denise Goubert, of the First Monastery of Lyons.

LXXXVII. To Dom Galice, Barnabite Father at Montargis.

LXXXVIII. To Sister Marie Aimée de Morville, at Moulins.

LXXXIX. To M. de Coysia, Counsellor to the Royal Senate of Savoy.

XC. To the Countess de Toulonjon, at Pignerol.

XCI. To Mgr. André Frémyot, formerly Archbishop of Bourges (the Saint's brother).

XCII. To a blind Sister[A].

XCIII. To Sister Bonne Marie de Haraucourt at Nancy.[A]

XCIV. To Sister Paule Jéronyme de Monthoux, Sister Deposed,[A] at Blois.

XCV. To M. Noël Brulart, the Commander de Sillery.[A]

XCVI. To the Countess de Toulonjon, at Alonne.

XCVII. Extract from a letter to M. Noël Brulart, the Commander de Sillery, at Paris.[A]

XCVIII. To the Countess de Toulonjon.

XCIX. To Sister Marie Aimée de Rabutin,[A] Mistress of Novices at Annecy.

C. To M. Noël Brulart, Commander de Sillery, at Paris.

CI. To Mother Marie Agnes Le Roy, Superior of the Second Monastery of Paris.

CII. To Sister Anne Louise de Marin de Saint Michel, Superior at Forcalquier.

CIII. To the Abbê de Vaux.[A]

CIV. To a great Servant of God.

CV. To Mother Marie Aimée de Rabutin, Superior at Thonon.

CVI. To St. Vincent de Paul at Paris.

CVII. To Sister Claire-Marie-Françoise de Cusance[A] at Gray.

CVIII. To Sister Jeanne Benigne Gojos,[A] Lay Sister at Turin.

CIX. To the Sister Louise-Angélique de la Fayette,[A] at the First Monastery of Paris.

CX. To Madame the Duchess de Montmorency (née des Ursins).[A]

CXI. To a Novice.

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