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God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.

Saint Francis de Sales

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Saint Francis de Sales
Age: 55 †
Born: 1567
Born: August 26
Died: 1622
Died: December 28
Catholic Priest
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Chateau de Thorens
Saint Francis de Sales
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Bishop of Geneva
Francçois de Sales
François de Salfes
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