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About St. Isaac Jogues
10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646 · Feast October 19 · Priest / Jesuit / Martyr
French Jesuit missionary and martyr (1607-1646), labored among the Huron from 1636; captured by the Mohawk in 1642, tortured, mutilated (lost several fingers), enslaved for over a year before escape via Dutch traders. Returned to the Mohawk as ambassador and missionary in 1646 and was tomahawked at Ossernenon (modern Auriesville, New York). One of the North American (Canadian) Martyrs canonized 1930 by Pius XI.
St. Isaac Jogues is the patron saint of The Americas, North American Martyrs, Missionaries and Torture Victims.
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