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title: "St. Jane Frances de Chantal: Feast Day August 12 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jane-frances-de-chantal/
description: "St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious, patron of forgotten people and widows. Remembered on August 12, died 1641. Read their life in Bless."
---

Religious · Remembered on August 12

# St. Jane Frances de Chantal

St. Jane Frances de Chantal is remembered on August 12 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of forgotten people and widows.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [August 12](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#12) |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | 1641 |
| Patron of | [forgotten people](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#forgotten-people), [widows](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#widows) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, August 12, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jane-frances-de-chantal/#calendar) |

## Life

A Burgundian baroness, happily married mother of four, widowed at twenty-eight when a hunting companion shot her husband by accident — a man she eventually forgave and stood godmother for his child. Under Francis de Sales’s direction her grief became a vocation.

Together they founded the Visitation, an order open to widows and women of fragile health whom other convents refused. She governed its spread to eighty-seven houses with warm good sense, through the deaths of nearly everyone she loved. She taught her sisters to hold fast in prayer and never let go.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Jane Frances de Chantal as patron of forgotten people and widows.

[Forgotten people](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#forgotten-people) [Widows](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#widows)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Elizabeth Ann Seton](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-ann-seton/) widows · January 4

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Jane Frances de Chantal. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Thursday, August 12, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/12/) | Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Joshua 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17 · Psalm 114:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 · Psalm 119:135 · Matthew 18:21—19:1 |
| [Saturday, August 12, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/12/) | Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Habakkuk 1:12—2:4 · Psalm 9:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 · 2 Timothy 1:10 · Matthew 17:14-20 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[August 11 St. Clare of Assisi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/) [August 13 Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-pontian-and-hippolytus/)

[All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 12?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-12) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Jane Frances de Chantal

Remembered on August 12

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jane-frances-de-chantal/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jane-frances-de-chantal/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jane-frances-de-chantal/#calendar)

In the app

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