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Gabriel Lalemant, French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1649)

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Gabriel Lalemant

French Jesuit missionary and martyr (1610-1649)

Gabriel Lalemant 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.
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October 3

Day of the year

October 3 is the 276th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 89 days remain until the end of the year.
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