LIFE OF ST. VINCENT

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HYSTORY

CHURCH HISTORY

CULTURAL EVENTS

1640

St. Vincent pleads with Richelieu for peace. Aid for Lorraine continued. St. Vincent unsure about the vows.

Rebellion of Catalonia and Portugal.

Publication of "Augustinus" by Jansen.

Pascal: "Les Sections Coniques".

1641

Foundation of the house at Annecy. St. Vincent has a vision of the three globes. Foundation of the house at Crécy. "Ordinance of the Vows" in C.M. approved by the archbishop. Authorisation to found houses in Rome.

The French in Catalonia. Cromwell in power. Mazarin, Cardinal. Death of Cardinal-Infante.

First condemnation of "Augustinus". Death of J.F. de Chantal and P. Condren.

Descartes: "Méditations".

1642

Establishment of seminaries at Annecy and the Bons Enfants. 1st collective taking of vows and first general assembly of C.M. St. Vincent's resignation not accepted by the assembly.

Plotting and execution of Cinq-Mars. Death of Richélieu. Mitigation of Saint Cyran's imprisonment.

Olier founds the seminary and community of Saint Sulpice. Habert preaches against Jansen.

Corneille: "Le Menteur.". Death of Galileo.

1643

St. Vincent helps Louis XIII to die well. Appointed member of the Council of Conscience. Mission in the galleys at Marseilles. Foundation of houses at Cahors, Marseilles and Sedan.

Death of Louis XIII. Anne of Austria, regent. Mazarin Chief Minister. Saint Cyran is released.

Death of Saint Cyran. Arnauld: "De la Fréquente Communion." St. John Eudes founds the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists).

1644

A. Dufour offers his life for that of St. Vincent who is gravely ill. Foundation of the houses at Saintes and Montmirail. Project for a foundation in Barcelona.

Death of Urban VIII. Election of Innocent X.