LIFE OF ST. VINCENT

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HYSTORY

CHURCH HISTORY

CULTURAL EVENTS

1611

St. Vincent stays at the house of Bérulle. He visits the Charity Hospital. He makes the acquaintance of a theologian tempted against the faith.

Concini, Councillor of Marie de Medici.

Death of B. de Canfield. Bérulle founds the Oratorians.

1612

He is appointed parish priest of Clichy. Probable date of temptation against the faith (it lasted 3 or 4 years).

Condemnation of Richer. Paul V approves the Ursulines

Birth of Arnauld.

1613

He enters the de Gondi household as tutor to the children.

Birth of J.F. Paul de Gondi.

1614

Louis XIII comes of age. The Estates General.

"Ejercicio de Perfección" by Fr. Alonso Rodríguez

1615

Appointed canon and treasurer of Écouis. He contracts an illness that affects his legs.

Marriage of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. Philip IV marries Isabelle de Bourbon.

The Assembly of the Clergy promulgates in France the decrees of Trent.

1616

Resigns the post of abbot of St. Leonard de Chaumes. Asks permission to absolve reserved sins. Sermon about the catechism and communion.

Richelieu enters the government for the first time.

"Traité de l'amour de Dieu" by St. Francis de Sales.

Death of Cervantes

1617

Confession of the peasant at Gannes and the sermon at Folléville. He leaves the Gondis. Parish priest of Chatillon. Foundation and rules of 1st Charity Confraternity. He returns to the Gondi household.

Assassination of Concini. Louis XIII begins to reign in his own right. Luynes is his favourite.

Approbation granted to the Clerks Regular of Christian Schools of St. Joseph of Calasanctins.