Saint Gabriel Lalemant | |
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Jesuit, Missionary and Martyr of Canada | |
Born | 3 October 1610 Paris, France |
Died | 17 March 1649 Saint Ignace (Waubaushene near Tay, Ontario) | (aged 38)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Canonized | 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI |
Major shrine | Shrine of the Jesuit Martyrs, Midland, Ontario, Canada |
Feast | 26 September (Canada); 17 March (U.S.) |
Gabriel Lalemant SJ (3 October 1610 – 17 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary in New France beginning in 1646. Caught up in warfare between the Huron and nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, he was killed in St. Ignace by Mohawk warriors and is one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.