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==Early Life==

==Early Life==

First born of twelve children to an aristocratic family, father François de Sales de Boisy and mother Françoise de Sionnaz. His parents intended that he become a lawyer, enter politics, and carry on the powerful family line. For thirteen years, he knew was was destined to be a [[priest]] but let nobody know of his intentions. At an early age, his father sent him to the colleges of La Roche and Annecy. He began to study theology at the college of Clermont, Paris under the care of the [[Jesuits]]. Francis went to Padua to get a [[doctorate]] in law. Upon completion of schooling, he had been admitted as a lawyer before the senate of Chambéry and about to be appointed [[senator]]. Francis declared his intention of embracing the ecclesiastical life, a move his family fiercely opposed. Without knowing about it, Francis was appointed provost of his [[diocese]], second in rank to the [[bishop]].

First born of twelve children to an aristocratic family, father François de Sales de Boisy and mother Françoise de Sionnaz. His parents intended that he become a lawyer, enter politics, and carry on the powerful family line. For thirteen years, he knew he was destined to be a [[priest]] but let nobody know of his intentions. At an early age, his father sent him to the colleges of La Roche and Annecy. He began to study theology at the college of Clermont, Paris under the care of the [[Jesuits]]. Francis went to Padua to get a [[doctorate]] in law. Upon completion of schooling, he had been admitted as a lawyer before the senate of Chambéry and about to be appointed [[senator]]. Francis declared his intention of embracing the ecclesiastical life, a move his family fiercely opposed. Without knowing about it, Francis was appointed provost of his [[diocese]], second in rank to the [[bishop]].

==Conversions==

==Conversions==