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Who was St. Jane of Chantal's first spiritual director?

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Before St. Jane de Chantal met St. Francis de Sales, she had a very strict spiritual director, >a priest at the nearby shrine of the Black Virgin at Notre-Dame-d’Etang. He undertook her direction by burdening her with a great many formal exercises of devotion: long vocal prayers, elaborate meditations and mental considerations sealed with the stipulation that she speak to no one else but him of her spiritual life. The rigidity and exteriority of this director’s scheme served only to increase her anxiety and alienate her from the drama going on within.
*Bond of Perfection: Jeanne de Chantal & François de Sales* , Wendy M. Wright, p. 34 Who was this "priest at the nearby shrine of the Black Virgin at Notre-Dame-d’Etang", exactly? Was he a Jansenist?
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May 2, 2021, 10:51 PM
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