January 1587: After having prayed the Memorare in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, Saint Francis de Sales is delivered from a deep mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris where the question of predestination was debated among theologians.
January 14, 1914: Death of Mother Marie-Madeleine Ponnet, founder of the 2nd monastery of the Visitation of Lyon.
January 23, 1572: Birth of Saint Jane de Chantal in Dijon.
24 January 1623 (Solemnity of Saint Francis de Sales)