Raymond Jonas
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520221369
- eISBN:
- 9780520924017
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520221369.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter discusses Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, a saint who was known for her visions that eventually made her the prophet of France's destiny. It opens with a description of the final preparations ...
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This chapter discusses Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, a saint who was known for her visions that eventually made her the prophet of France's destiny. It opens with a description of the final preparations for the public display and veneration of a saintly body—that of Alacoque—and the extravagant attention given to the body of the holy dead. The chapter then moves on to describe France during the time of Alacoque, when it was one of the leading Catholic powers of Europe. It mentions the career of the heart as a religious icon in modern times, which was mostly due to the efforts of François de Sales and Jeanne de Chantal. de Sales and de Chantal were the founders of the Visitationist order, the religious order that Alacoque eventually joined.Less
This chapter discusses Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, a saint who was known for her visions that eventually made her the prophet of France's destiny. It opens with a description of the final preparations for the public display and veneration of a saintly body—that of Alacoque—and the extravagant attention given to the body of the holy dead. The chapter then moves on to describe France during the time of Alacoque, when it was one of the leading Catholic powers of Europe. It mentions the career of the heart as a religious icon in modern times, which was mostly due to the efforts of François de Sales and Jeanne de Chantal. de Sales and de Chantal were the founders of the Visitationist order, the religious order that Alacoque eventually joined.
