René Goupil, French missionary and saint (born 1608)

René Goupil,, was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of the Roman Catholic Church to receive the crown of martyrdom and the first canonized Catholic martyr in North America.

September 29 is the 272nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the end of the year.