The previous post is accurate–i can only add to it…
The Cure of Ars’ feast day was just celebrated on 8/4!
TAN publishers has the definitive biography written by Fr. Trochu and is based largely on the materials gathered for his canonization process.
This amazing priest had an adventurous life even before his ordination–he was conscripted during the French Revolution/Napoleonic Wars, went into hiding and received First Communion & Confirmation late–like so many peers during the Revolution and early years of the Republic.
He had a sharp sense of humor, great humility & charity. He was also without guile. There is a documented account of a time whem his orphanage had no bread, so the Cure had all the children pray with him. Later, they found the granary filled with wheat and corn. The Cure kept mum but the bishop got wind, so he went to Ars. The Cure wouldn’t admit that a supernatural event had occurred until the Bishop(who knew his priest very well) asked: “Oh, so the grain was this high?” (pointing to his shoulders) To which the Saint replied, “Oh, no Monsieur, it was this high!”(pointing over his head)!!
His homilies and catechetical works are available in print and online.
There are many wonderful anecdotes such as this.