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'''François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon''', more commonly known as '''François Fénelon''' August 6, 1651-January 7, 1715), was a [[France|French]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[theology|theologian]], [[poet]] and writer. He today is remembered mostly as one of the main advocates of [[Quietism (Christian philosophy)|quietism]] and as the author of ''[[The Adventures of Telemachus]]'', a scabrous attack on the [[France|French]] [[monarchy]], first published in 1699.  

 

'''François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon''', more commonly known as '''François Fénelon''' ,August 6, 1651-January 7, 1715, was a [[France|French]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[theology|theologian]], [[poet]] and writer. He today is remembered mostly as one of the main advocates of [[Quietism (Christian philosophy)|quietism]] and as the author of ''[[The Adventures of Telemachus]]'', a scabrous attack on the [[France|French]] [[monarchy]], first published in 1699.  

==Childhood and Education, 1651-75==

==Childhood and Education, 1651-75==

Fénelon's later years were saddened by the deaths of many of his close friends.  Shortly before his death, he asked Louis XIV to replace him with a man opposed to Jansenism and loyal to the Sulpician order.  He died on January 7, 1715.

Fénelon's later years were saddened by the deaths of many of his close friends.  Shortly before his death, he asked Louis XIV to replace him with a man opposed to Jansenism and loyal to the Sulpician order.  He died on January 7, 1715.

==Works==

==Works==

*''The Royal Way of the Cross''<br />

*''The Royal Way of the Cross''<br />

*''Maxims of the Saints''

*''Maxims of the Saints''

*''[http://www.passtheword.org/DIALOGS-FROM-THE-PAST/innerlife.htm The Inner Life]''

*''[https://www.passtheword.org/DIALOGS-FROM-THE-PAST/innerlife.htm The Inner Life]''

==Sources==

==Sources==

*"François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon." ''Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. Gale Research, 1998.

*"François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon." ''Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. Gale Research, 1998.

*''[https://www.ccel.org/ccel/fenelon/progress.html Avis Chretiens]'' "Christian Counsel" (1810) English translation

*''[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/fenelon/progress.html Avis Chretiens]'' "Christian Counsel" (1810) English translation

*[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06035a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]

*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06035a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]

*[https://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/kantzios1.html "Educating Telemachus: Lessons in Fénelon's Underworld" by Ippokratis Kantzios]

*[http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/kantzios1.html "Educating Telemachus: Lessons in Fénelon's Underworld" by Ippokratis Kantzios]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]