St. Francis de Sales Size:18" x 24" He enlisted as a soldier

He enlisted as a soldier for the armies in Flanders

and the fruitful abundance of the earth

The peaceful gaze of Mary towards her mother shows a depth of wisdom that could only be present in a girl destined to be the Mother of God and the Mother of us all

depicted as a cherubic figure

creating a sense of ethereal luminosity

St. Francis de Sales Size:18" x 24" He enlisted as a soldierThis painting of the Saint is in the Salesian church of the Sacred Heart in Rome (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Ges; colloquially referred to as "The Ges") St. Francis de Sales was born to a noble family at Chateau de Sales in the Kingdom of Savoy near Geneva, Switzerland on August 21, 1567. He was a Bishop and Doctor of the Church. He wrote a tremendous amount of books and was reponsible for the conversion of over 60,000 Calvinists. He is often referred