Life of St. Vincent de Paul, : founder of the Congregation of the Mission, and of the Sisters of Charity,

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Birth of Vincent of Paul 9

Receives holy orders at Tarbes 13

Made a slave, sold to three masters, and returns to Europe

■with the last, whom he had converted 14

Sets out for Rome, charged with an important mission 17

On his return to Paris becomes almoner of Queen Margaret. . 23 Being charged with the parish of Clichy, he leaves it to live

with Mr. de Gondi 27

Leaves the house of Mr. de Gondi, to go to Chitillon-les-Dombes 34

Establishment of the confraternity of Charity 39

Leaves Chatillon, returns to Mr. de Gondi, and labors in the

Missions 45

Appointed almoner general of the gallies, and superior of the

Ladies of the Visitation 50

Takes the place of a galley slave at Marseilles 53

Establishes a company of missionaries 57

Leaves the house of Mr. de Gondi, and retires to the college dea

Bons Enfans 61

The king authorises his association, and Urban VIII erects it

into a congregation 62

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Antiquities and revolutions of the house of St. Lazarus 77

Vincent, after many entreaties, at last takes possession of the

house 80

Commencement of the ecclesiastical conferences 85

Establishment of spiritual retreats 92

Institution of the Daughters of Charity 99

God's singular protection of one of them 102

Company of pious ladies in favor of the Hotel-Dieu 104

Different missions 107

Affair of St. Vincent with Mr. de Saint- Cyran. 113

Miracle worked on one of the Visitation 116

Establishes his congregation at Richelieu 116

Adventure of Jacques de la Fosse 119

Mission at St. Germain-au-Kaye in presence of the whole court 121

BOOK THIRD. Horrible state of Lorraine under the Duke Charles IV 125

St. Vincent undertakes to succor that province 126

Procures a place of retreat for a community of Benedictine

nuns 133

Forms an association of gentlemen to relieve the necessities of

the nobility of Lorraine 134

Prodigious sums of money sent to Lorraine 136

Effects 'of the divine protection in the one who carried it 137

Prediction of St. Vincent relative to Mr. Arenthon 142

Journey of Madame de Chantal to Paris 143

Congregation of the' Mission established at Rome 147

Louis XIII dies in the arms of St. Vincent 151

Vincent is admitted into the council established by the regent

for ecclesiastical affairs 152

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Services which he renders the episcopacy 154

Refuses ten thousand francs 161

Establishment of his congregation at Marseilles, Sedan, &c. . 163

Dangerous sickness of St. Vincent 165

The Catholics of Ireland relieved by St. Vincent 167

Conduct of the saint in Mr. Olier's affair 167

Affair of St. Meer and its results 168

Mission in Ireland 169

The congregation established at Genoa 174

Commencement of the affair of the foundlings 176

The Ladies of Charity take charge of them 177

During the troubles of the Fronde he proposes to the Queen to

remove cardinal Mazarin 182

The house of St. Lazarus pillaged 183

He visits the houses of the congregation 184

Runs the risk of his life in leaving Angers 185

Is recalled to Paris and falls sick 187

His conduct during the troubles of Picardy and Champaigne. . 191

His zeal for the interest of the king 198

BOOK FOURTH. Beginning of the affair of Jansenism 206

St. Vincent's opinion of the book of Jansenius 211

Induces the bishops to ask the Pope to censure the book 211

Drives the error from every place committed to his care 218

Establishment of the hospital of the Name of Jesus 222

General idea of his occupations 228

Mission of Metz 232

Sends Sisters of Charity to Calais, after the battle of Dunes ... 233 The house of St. Lazarus loses property which had cost it a

great deal 238

Sickness of St. Vincent 239

Becomes worse every day 242

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His patience in his sufferings 243

His death and obsequies 245