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 BrEchard, Assistant and Mistress of Novices at Annecy.

IX. To Sister PEronne Marie de Chatel at Lyons.

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

XI. To the Same.

XII. To the Same.

XIII. To Sister PEronne Marie de Chatel at Lyons.

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

XV. To Sisters PEronne Marie de Chatel and Marie AimEe 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 AimEe 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 BrEchard, Superior at

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

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

XXVI. To Madame de la FlEchEre. [A]

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

XXVIII. To M. Michel Favre, Confessor to St. Francis de Sales,

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

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

XXXI. To Madame de la FlEchEre.

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

XXXIII. To Mother PEronne Marie de Chatel, 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 PEronne-Marie de Chatel, [A] Superior at Grenoble.

XXXIX. To Mademoiselle de Chantal.

XL. To Mother Jeanne Charlotte de BrEchard, 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 FlEchEre.

XLVII. To the Countess de Toulonjon.

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

XLIX. To M. de NeuchEze.

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 HElEne de Chastellux, Superior at Moulins.

LIV. To Sister Marie Marguerite Milletot at Dijon.

LV. To Sister Franaeoise 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 Franaeois, 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 HElEne de GErard, Superior at Embrun.

LXXVI. To Sister Franaeoise-AngElique de la Croix de FEsigney, 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 ClEment at Orleans.

LXXXI. To Mother Catherine-Charlotte de CrEmaux 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 ClEment, 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 AimEe 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. AndrE FrEmyot, 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 JEronyme de Monthoux, Sister Deposed, [A] at Blois.

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

XCVI. To the Countess de Toulonjon, at Alonne.

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

XCVIII. To the Countess de Toulonjon.

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

C. To M. NoEl 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 Abbe de Vaux. [A]

CIV. To a great Servant of God.

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

CVI. To St. Vincent de Paul at Paris.

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

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

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

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

CXI. To a Novice.

Transcriber's Notes:

SELECTED LETTERS OF
ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL

SELECTED LETTERS OF
SAINT JANE FRANCES
DE CHANTAL

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