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The North American College in Rome has a crypt chapel dedicated to the North American Martyrs. The martyrs are also honoured at Camp Ondessonk , a Catholic summer camp in Ozark, Illinois , where each unit of cabins is named after one of the martyrs, and also at the American Martyrs Retreat House in Cedar Falls, Iowa .
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.
Jesuit Martyrs of North America (1642–49) René Goupil: 15 May 1608 in Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Maine-et-Loire, France 29 September 1642 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York, United States Professed Religious, Jesuits Toronto and New York: Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur: Isaac Jogues: 10 January 1607 in Orléans, Loiret, France
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 named after Jogues. A statue of Jogues stands in front of the main entrance to the chapel that faces the lake. [19]
The National Shrine of the North American Martyrs at Auriesville, New York; the Mohawk River is in the foreground. Auriesville is a hamlet in the northern part of New York state and west of Albany. It was the site of Ossernenon, a Mohawk village where French Jesuits established a mission.
Jean de Lalande, SJ (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ də lalɑ̃d]; died October 19, 1646) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and one of the eight North American Martyrs. He was killed at the Mohawk village of Ossernenon after being captured by warriors. [2]
Goupil is venerated as the first Jesuit martyr of Canada and one of three martyrs of the present United States territory. He was canonized on 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI along with the seven other Canadian Martyrs or "North American Martyrs." He is the patron saint of anesthetists. [4]
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