François de Sales

Japanese: フランソア･ド･サール（英語表記）François de Sales

1567‐1622
A spiritual leader who had a great influence on humanistic piety in 17th century France. He is also known as Salesio in Latin. Born in the Château de Sarre in Savoie, he studied law and theology in Paris from 1582 to 1588, and worried that he was destined for hell. He was saved when he reached a state of mind where he was ready to give up, thinking, "Even if I go to hell, I will at least love God in this world," and found relief through a religious experience in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary. In 1591, he obtained a doctorate in law in Padua. In 1594, he became a priest despite his father's opposition, and returned the strongly Calvinist region of Chablais (on the south shore of Lake Geneva) to Catholicism.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1567‐1622
17世紀フランスの人文主義的信心思想に大きな影響を与えた霊的指導者。ラテン語読みでサレジオSalesioともいう。サボアのサール城に生まれ，1582‐88年パリで法学と神学を学び，自分が地獄に預定されているのではないかと悩む。〈よし地獄に落ちるとしても，せめてこの世では神を愛そう〉と捨身の心境になったとき救われ，聖母像の前での宗教体験で安心を得る。91年パドバで法学博士号取得。94年父の反対を振り切って司祭となり，カルバン派の強いシャブレ(ジュネーブ湖南岸)地方をカトリックに戻す。

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