Francis, de Sales, Saint 1567-1622 creator text utu 2016 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Introduction à la vie dévote" by Saint Francis de Sales is a spiritual guide first published in 1609. Originally compiled from letters of spiritual direction to his cousin navigating piety amid courtly life, it addresses all Christians regardless of vocation. The work presents holiness as accessible to everyone—soldiers, craftsmen, married people—through five parts covering resolution, prayer, virtue, temptation, and spiritual renewal. Distinguished by simple French and imagery from daily life, it became widely popular across Protestant and Catholic circles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_the_Devout_Life Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_%C3%A0_la_vie_d%C3%A9vote Release date is 2016-11-17 Produced by Laurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) Original publication data not identified Meditations -- Early works to 1800 BX Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53540 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53540 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134232.0 53540