LIFE OF ST. VINCENT

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HYSTORY

CHURCH HISTORY

CULTURAL EVENTS

1635

Foundation of the house at Toul.

Pierre Séguier, Chancellor. France declares war on Spain.

Foundation of the Académie Française.

1636

Saint Lazare military recruitment centre. Chaplains are sent to the army. St. Vincent visits the King at Senlis. Bons Enfants, Tridentine seminary.

Taking of Corbie. Spanish threat to Paris. Rising of the "croquants."

First performance of "Le Cid" by Corneille.

1637

Establishment of the internal seminary of C.M. Foundation of the house Notre Dame de la Rose. St. Vincent reproaches Saint Cyran.

Mlle. La Fayette joins the Visitation order. Downfall of P. Caussin.

Descartes: "Discours de la Méthode".

1638

The Tuesday Conference priests give a mission to Saint Germain-des-Prés and to the Court. Beginning of the work for foundlings. Foundation of the houses at Richelieu, Troyes and Luçon.

Death of Fr. Joseph de Tremblay. Birth of Louis XIV. Saint Cyran imprisoned. Death of Jansen.

Death of M. Duval, spiritual director of St. Vincent. The first recluses at Port Royal.

Poussin: "The Arcadian Shepherds".

1639

Beginning of aid for Lorraine. Mission to the refugees. St. Vincent gives evidence at the trial of Saint Cyran. Foundation of the house at Alet and the hospital of Angers. Aid to the galley slaves. P. Lebreton in Rome.

Uprising of the "Va-nu-pieds" in Normandy.

Publication of "L'Esprit de Saint François de Sales" by Camus.