MARTYRS OF AMERICA.
                     MARTYRS OF 
AMERICA
INTRODUCTION
• This maxim, credited to 
the second-century 
ecclesiastical writer 
Tertullian, was 
profoundly evidenced by 
eight Jesuit missionaries 
who brought Jesus to 
the Indians of North 
America during the 17th 
century.
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HEROIC MISSIONARY 
EFFORTS 
• There were six priests 
and two oblate laymen, 
Jesuits all, who the 
Church raised to 
sainthood as a result of 
their heroic missionary 
efforts between the 
years 1625 and 1649. 
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HURONS AND 
IROQUOIS
• The Hurons lived mostly 
in the interior of 
Canada, some more 
than 1,000 miles from 
the primary Jesuit 
mission center at 
Québec.
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John de Brebeuf and 
Gabriel Lalemant
• The first of these 
Jesuits, Father John de 
Brebeuf, arrived in New 
France in 1625. 
• Father Brebeuf was 
destined to become the 
founder of the Huron 
mission and has been 
referred to as the 
Apostle of the Hurons.
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Isaac Jogues and René 
Goupil
• The story of Father 
Isaac Jogues, another of 
the Jesuit martyrs, is 
unique. 
• Arriving in New France 
in 1635, he soon was 
dispatched to the 
mission headed by 
Father Brebeuf near 
Lake Huron. 
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John Lalande
• Father Jogues and an 
oblate missionary, John 
Lalande, were 
attempting to affect 
peace between the 
French, the Hurons and 
the Iroquois when they 
were accused of being 
the cause of a bad 
harvest. 
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Anthony Daniel
• Father Anthony Daniel 
spent several years 
tirelessly instructing 
Huron youths at a 
seminary near Québec. 
• He also repeatedly 
braved the wilderness, 
teaching the Christian 
faith and baptizing 
native Canadians.
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Charles Garnier
• In the same year that 
Fathers Brebeuf and 
Lalemant were 
martyred, a fellow Jesuit 
priest, Father Charles 
Garnier, was also 
murdered.
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Noël Chabanel
• Among the Jesuits, 
Father Chabanel had 
experienced the most 
difficulties with the 
assignment. 
• He disliked the Indian 
culture, never mastered 
the language and was 
often depressed. 
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