F

Fabian, Saint, 141 , 148

Fairs, 70

Faure, Louis (of Auris-en-Oisans), 91 -93, 94

Fay, Claudine (of Arvillard), 81

Felix, Saint, 104

Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Motte, 124

Ferjus, Saint, 147

Festivals: Counter-Reformation attitude toward, 5 , 96 -97;

and economic activities, 96 -98;

fights on, 93 -94;

Marian, 39 -40;

of parish patrons, 42 ;

uses and practices of, 89 -100, 103 -4;

villagers' understanding of, 43 .

See also Confraternities; and under names of individual saints

Figuier, Pierre (of Arvillard), 81

Firmin, Saint, 103 -4

Fléhard, François (bishop of Grenoble,1575-1606), 44

Fontaine, 147 -48

Forty Hours' devotion, 35 , 36 , 73 , 133 , 134

Fountains, sacred, 5

Fourteen Holy Helpers, 152 , 152 n.29, 154

Franciscans, 126

Francis de Sales, Saint, 132 ;

cult of, 142 -44, 155 , 157 , 161 ;

on dancing, 95 n.68;

exorcisms and miracles of, 131 ;

local and universal significance of, 110 ;

and religious orders, 45 ;

writings of, 56 n.6, 62 n.25, 130

Francis of Assisi, Saint, 143 -44

Francis Xavier, Saint, 58 n.14, 160

Franco-provençal, 23

French school of spirituality, 132

Functionalism, 10 , 11 n.26, 168 , 168 n.3