Francois Fenelon (de Salignac, Marquis de la Mothe Fenelon, August 6, 1651 – January 7, 1715) – the famous French writer; was born in Perigord, in an ancient noble family. Until the age of 12, the boy lived in his ancestral castle, and did not devote much time to studies because of poor health; then he studied at the University of Kagorsk. and in the Paris Seminary of St. Sulpicia; 24 years of age he entered the spiritual rank. By nature endowed with a living, moving mind and a hot imagination, Fenelon almost from the first steps in his new rank rushed to the missionary exploits. Traditions of ancient literature, which he managed to nourish during his training, attracted him to Greece. He dreamed that the whole Christian population of Hellas groaning under the yoke of the Turks finds in him a defender, that the sultan, stunned, recoils before the halo of his glory. These dreams were replaced by others: he was drawn to Canada to preach the word of God to the Gentiles and to
obtain a martyr’s crown among the wild Indian tribes. However, Fenelon did not go either to the East or to the West; he got a quieter position in Paris. The Paris Archbishop appointed him confessor in a new women’s congregation, the Nouvelles catholiques, made up of young girls who had just converted from Protestantism to Catholicism. Soon he was instructed to preach Catholicism forcibly turned after the cancellation of the Edict of Nantes to the Protestant population of Sentonj and Poitou. The broad tolerance that Fenelin attributed to the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century seems to be nothing more than a legend: in this field he was not much better than other Catholic missionaries. He was drawn to Canada to preach the word of God to the pagans and to obtain a martyr’s crown among the wild Indian tribes. However, Fenelon did not go either to the East or to the West; he got a quieter position in Paris. The Paris Archbishop appointed him confessor in a new women’s congregation, the Nouvelles catholiques, made up of young girls who had just converted from Protestantism to Catholicism. Soon he
was instructed to preach Catholicism forcibly turned after the cancellation of the Edict of Nantes to the Protestant population of Sentonj and Poitou. The broad tolerance that Fenelin attributed to the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century seems to be nothing more than a legend: in this field he was not much better than other Catholic missionaries. He was drawn to Canada to preach the word of God to the pagans and to obtain a martyr’s crown among the wild Indian tribes. However, Fenelon did not go either to the East or to the West; he got a quieter position in Paris. The Paris Archbishop appointed him confessor in a new women’s congregation, the Nouvelles catholiques, made up of young girls who had just converted from Protestantism to Catholicism. Soon he was instructed to preach Catholicism forcibly turned after the cancellation of the Edict of Nantes to the Protestant population of Sentonj and Poitou. The broad tolerance that Fenelin attributed to the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century seems to be nothing more than a legend: in this field he was not much better than other Catholic missionaries. he got a quieter position in Paris. The Paris Archbishop appointed him confessor in a new women’s congregation, the Nouvelles catholiques, made up of young girls who had just converted from Protestantism to Catholicism. Soon he was instructed to preach Catholicism forcibly turned after the cancellation of the Edict of Nantes to the Protestant population of Sentonj and Poitou. The broad tolerance that Fenelin attributed to the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century seems to be nothing more than a legend: in this field he was not much better than other Catholic missionaries. he got a quieter position in Paris. The Paris Archbishop appointed him confessor in a new women’s congregation, the Nouvelles catholiques, made up of young girls who had just converted from Protestantism to Catholicism. Soon he was instructed to preach Catholicism forcibly turned after the cancellation of the Edict of Nantes to the Protestant population of Sentonj and Poitou. The broad tolerance that Fenelin attributed to the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century seems to be nothing more than a legend: in this field he was not much better than other Catholic missionaries. Soon he was instructed to preach Catholicism forcibly turned after the cancellation of the Edict of Nantes to the Protestant population of Sentongzh and Poitou. The broad tolerance that Fenelin attributed to the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century seems to be nothing more than a legend: in this field he was not much better than other Catholic missionaries. Soon he was instructed to preach Catholicism forcibly turned after the cancellation of the Edict of Nantes to the Protestant population of Sentonj and Poitou. The broad tolerance that Fenelin attributed to the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century seems to be nothing more than a legend: in this field he was not much better than other Catholic missionaries.
