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Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.

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