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About St. Jean de Brébeuf
25 March 1593 – 16 March 1649 · Feast October 19 · Priest / Jesuit / Martyr
French Jesuit missionary (1593-1649), spent twenty years among the Wendat (Huron) developing a deep knowledge of their language; captured at Saint-Louis with St. Gabriel Lalemant during the Iroquois invasion and tortured to death over many hours. Among the eight Canadian (North American) Martyrs canonized 1930 by Pius XI.
St. Jean de Brébeuf is the patron saint of Canada, Missionaries and North American Martyrs.
