A portrait of St. Gabriel Lalemant
St. Gabriel Lalemant
1610 – 1649
Feast
October 19 · XVII c.
Patron of
Canada · Missionaries · North American martyrs
Order
Priest / Jesuit / Martyr
French Jesuit missionary (1610-1649), nephew of fellow Jesuits Charles and Jérôme Lalemant; arrived at the Huron mission in 1648 and the next year, after only seven months among the Huron, was captured at the village of Saint-Louis with St. Jean de Brébeuf during the Iroquois invasion and tortured to death. One of the Canadian (North American) Martyrs canonized 1930 by Pius XI.
Life & Times
Born: 1610 · Died: 1649 · From: France / Canada.
Patronage
St. Gabriel Lalemant is invoked as the patron of canada, missionaries, north american martyrs. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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About Catholic Saints
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