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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.

Saint Francis de Sales

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Saint Francis de Sales
Age: 55 †
Born: 1567
Born: August 26
Died: 1622
Died: December 28
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