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Jean de Brébeuf SJ (French: [ʒɑ̃ də bʁe.bœf]) (25 March 1593 – 16 March 1649) 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.
The National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, also known as the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs, is a Roman Catholic shrine in Auriesville, New York dedicated to the three Jesuit missionaries who were martyred at the Mohawk Indian village of Ossernenon in 1642 and 1646.
A National Shrine of the North American Martyrs has been constructed and dedicated in Auriesville, New York. [12] It is located south of the Mohawk River, near a Jesuit cemetery containing remains of missionaries who died in the area from 1669 to 1684, when the Jesuits had a local mission to the Mohawk.
The shrine also honors Jean de Brébeuf and five of his companions killed in Canada in 1648 and 1649. There is also the Martyr's Shrine located in Midland, Ontario, Canada, which honors the Canadian Martyrs (another term for North American Martyrs). [18] A seasonal chapel on the east shore of Saratoga Lake, New York is
In 1884, Joseph Loyzance, then parish priest of St. Joseph's, Troy, New York, purchased 10 acres (40,000 m 2) of land on the hill at Auriesville. A student of the lives of the early missionaries, Loyzance erected a small shrine under the title of Our Lady of Martyrs. He was the first to lead a number of pilgrims to the place, on 15 August of ...
National Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, New York, United States Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Martyrs' shrine .
Days after taking vows before Jogues as a lay brother in the Society of Jesus, Goupil was martyred for making the sign of the cross on a child's head while in captivity near Auriesville, New York. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs to receive the crown of martyrdom and the first canonized Catholic martyr in North America. [22]
He was greatly influenced by a fellow missionary, Jean de Brébeuf, and was known as the "lamb" to Brebeuf's "lion". [3] In 1639 and 1640, he wintered in the land of the Petun. From 1641 to 1646, Garnier was at the Saint-Joseph mission. [6] There were raids between Iroquois and Huron forces.