Jean de Brébeuf

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Jean de Brébeuf was a 17th-century French Jesuit missionary and martyr known for his work among the Huron (Wendat) people in New France.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jean de Brébeuf canonical 6
St. Jean de Brébeuf 1
de Brébeuf 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr
Jesuit
Roman Catholic priest
human
missionary
saint
arrivalInNewFrance 1625
birthCountry France
birthDate 1593-03-25
birthPlace Condé-sur-Vire
canonizationDate 1930-06-29
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope Pius XI
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
deathDate 1649-03-16
deathPlace near Sainte-Marie among the Hurons
deathTerritory New France
educatedAt Jesuit college in Rouen
ethnicGroup French
familyName Jean de Brébeuf self-linksurface differs
surface form: de Brébeuf
feastDay October 19
September 26
givenName Jean
hasMemorial Shrine of the Canadian Martyrs, Midland, Ontario
killedBy Iroquois warriors
knownFor being one of the Canadian Martyrs
composition of the Huron Carol
ethnographic descriptions of Huron culture
missionary work among the Huron (Wendat) people
languageOfWorkOrName French
Latin
Wyandot language
surface form: Wendat language
mannerOfDeath martyrdom
torture
memberOf Society of Jesus
notableWork Huron Carol
occupation linguist
missionary
priest
writer
partOf North American Martyrs
patronage Canada
missionaries to Indigenous peoples of North America
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
religiousOrderEntryDate 1617
sexOrGender male
subjectOf Jesuit Relations
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
workLocation Huronia region
surface form: Huronia

New France

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesuits in New France notableMember Jean de Brébeuf
Jean de Brébeuf familyName Jean de Brébeuf self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: de Brébeuf
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons foundedBy Jean de Brébeuf
Martyrs’ Shrine dedicatedTo Jean de Brébeuf
this entity surface form: St. Jean de Brébeuf
Jesuit missionaries notableMember Jean de Brébeuf