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607guilt, to express my sorrow, and to ask you for forgiveness once again, I write toyou, seeking the intercession of St Peter; at the same time, I wish to complete theinformation you requested previously.Damiron is alive and well. He continues to keep the hotel in Sevres asformerly. The brother I sent to investigate met his wife. She was very delighted tohear from you and said that with them things are pretty much the same as whenyou left. They remember you with affection and send their greetings. She evenasked for your address so that her husband could write to you.Concerning the life of St. Francis de Sales 787 , it is a little difficult to makea selection. The most popular book about him was written by l’abbe Marsolier 788 .I am surprised that Esprit de Saint Francois did not appeal to Joseph (it waswritten by Le Camus 789 , a Bishop, and a companion of St. Francis; the shorterversion was edited by Callot 790 , a doctor at the Sorbonne). It enjoys, universalrespect! At the end of the last century some bibliographer counted 80 some bookson the life of St. Francis.It seems to me that he will have to have recourse to one of the older works,such as the one by Charles August de Sales, St. Francis’ brothers-in-law and thesuccessor to his See; Fr. Louis de la Riviere 791 ; Fr. Goulu 792 ; the Bishop ofMaupas 793 ; Sister de Bussi-Rabuti 794 ; and especially, the letters and discourses ofthe Saint himself, which have been collected in his own writings.787 St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Bishop of Geneva, founder of the Visitation Sister, zealousshephers of souls and esteemed ascetical writer. Author of Introduction to a Devout Life orPhilitea, Treatise on the Love of God, and Spiritual Letters.788 James Marsolier (1647-1724), French historian and hagiographer. There is question here of hisLife of St. Francis de Sales.789 John Peter Camus de Pontcarre (1582-1652), Bishop of Bailey; French religious writer. Thecomplete title of his work is: The Spirit of Blessed Francis de Sales, Paris, 1641, vols. 1-3.790 Fr. Callot published a shorter version of this work under the same title in 1727.791 Fr. Louis de la Riviere (or Barbier, +1670), the title of his work is The Life of VenerableFrancis de Sales, Lyon, 1624.792 Fr. Dominic John Goulu (1576-1629). A General of the Cistersians. B. Jański has in mind hisLife of St. Francis de Sales (1624).793 Henry Gauchon de Maupas de Tour (1600-1680), the Bishop of Maupas; author of The Life ofVenerable Francis de Sales, Paris, 1657.794 The daughter of the Count Roger Bussi-Rabutin. She died in 1716. Jański has in mind herCompendiuiti of the Life of Saint Francis de Sales, Paris, 1659.