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Isaac Jogues
French Jesuit missionary and martyr (1607–1646)
Isaac Jogues was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, calling it Lac du Saint Sacrement. In 1646, Jogues was martyred by the Mohawk at their…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Jean de Brébeuf
French Jesuit missionary and martyr (1593–1649)
Jean de Brébeuf was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron for the rest of his life, except for a few years in France from 1629 to 1633. He learned their language and customs, writing extensively about…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Canadian Martyrs
French Jesuit martyrs
The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs, were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. They were ritually tortured and killed on various dates in the mid-17th century in Canada, in what is now southern Ontario, and in upstate New York,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)