5.41 St. Francis de Sales: Doctor of Analogies

Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina by Thomas V. Mirus

Aug 26, 202618:29Religion & Spirituality

St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) has been called a spiritual director by correspondence, for his many letters, and for the fact that he was a pioneer of Catholic publishing, spreading his pamphlets across Switzerland, wr...

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