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Jan 23, 1572
Born
Name is Jeanne-Francoise Fremyot was born in Dijon, France -
Gets married
She gets married to Christophe de Rabutin-Chantal. Then he dies in a hunting accident and she vows chastity. They had 4 children -
Death of husband
Her husband dies and she vows chasttity and moves in with her father in law and helps the poor and sick -
St Francis de Sales
Jane returns to Dijon and meets St Francis de Sales He then becomes her spiritual director -
Becomes a nun
She becomes a nun at the Galerie House and that community becomes the Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary -
Candonized
Her feast day is august 12 -
She dies
By the time she dies she has established 82 communities. She dies at the Visitation Monastery at Moulins and was burried near St. Francis de Sales