SALESIAN LITERATURE

Heart of Saint Francis de Sales in the Visitation Convent of Treviso

Pedro Fernandez Rodriquez OP

This work: “The Heart of Saint Francis of Sales in the Visitation Convent of Treviso” is intended to enrich the readers with a deeper knowledge of the relic of the heart of St. Francis of sales and narrate the most salient historical events affecting the Belle Cour convent of Lyon, founded by St Jane Frances de Chantal in early 1615 and the subsequent transfers of the heart until it reached its current resting place in the town of Treviso in 1913.

This book of 152 pages, with a thick binding, is published in 2002 by the Visitation Monastery at Treviso, Italy.

Table of Contents

Presentation

Introduction

The heart of Saint Francis de Sales In the visitation convent of Treviso

  1. Founding of the visitation convent in the city of Lyon

  2. The heart of Saint Francis de Sales in the visitation convent of Lyon during the 17th century

  3. The heart of Saint Francis of sales during the French Revolution (1789-1793)

  4. The flight of the Salesian Community of Belle Cour to Mantua

  5. The community at Mantua (1793-1796)

  6. A new 4-year exile in Krumu and Wittingau Bohemia (1796-1800)

  7. The Vienna convent, The guardian Angel of the Belle Cour Community (1800-1809)

  8. The community settles down in Venice

  9. The community remains in Venice for over a century (1809-1913)

  10. The final years in Venice (1894-1913)

  11. The transfer of the community to Treviso (1913)

  12. The convent of the Visitation of Holy Mary of Treviso (1913-2000)