Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845 Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation -- speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in...
The French prelate, theologian, and preacher François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon (1651-1715) is best known for his advocacy of quietism. Born on Aug. 6, 1651, François Fénelon was educated by the Jesuits. He became a...
Fénelon was a great and influential Catholic churchman, theologian, pedagogical thinker, and leader of quietism, a spiritual movement eventually declared heretical, an occurrence that caused his disgrace and exile from his prestigious and...
FÉnelon, FranÇois De Salignac De La Mothe(1651–1715) François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon, the French bishop and author, was born in Périgord of an ancient noble but impoverished family. He received his...
FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS (1651–1715), was a French philosopher, theologian, and educator, and Roman Catholic archbishop of Cambrai. Born in the Château de Fénelon in Périgord, François de Salignac de la Mothe...
François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon (August 6 1651–January 7 1715), was a French Roman Catholic theologian, poet and writer. He today is remembered mostly as one of the main advocates of quietism...
