Paul Le Jeune

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Paul Le Jeune was a 17th-century French Jesuit missionary and writer who played a key role in documenting Indigenous cultures and promoting Catholic evangelization in early New France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Jesuit missionary
human
missionary in New France
writer
activeIn New France NERFINISHED
Quebec NERFINISHED
advocated education of Indigenous children in mission schools
sedentary agricultural lifestyle for nomadic Indigenous groups
associatedWith French Crown NERFINISHED
New France colonial administration NERFINISHED
birthCountry France
birthPlace Vitry-sur-Seine NERFINISHED
birthYear 1591
countryOfCitizenship France
deathCountry France
deathPlace Paris
deathYear 1664
genre ethnographic description
missionary reports
religious literature
knownFor Jesuit Relations NERFINISHED
documenting Indigenous cultures in New France
promoting Catholic evangelization in New France
role as superior of the Jesuits in New France
languageWritten French
Latin
memberOf Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
name Paul Le Jeune NERFINISHED
occupation Jesuit missionary
colonial administrator
editor
writer
positionHeld procurator of the Jesuit missions in New France
rector of the Jesuit college in Quebec
superior of the Jesuit missions in New France
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
roleIn development of Jesuit missionary strategy in New France
early ethnographic description of Indigenous peoples in Canada
promotion of French colonization of New France
supported Catholic evangelization of Indigenous peoples
wroteAbout Algonquin peoples NERFINISHED
French colonial society in New France
Huron-Wendat people NERFINISHED
Indigenous customs and beliefs in New France
Innu (Montagnais) people NERFINISHED
climate and environment of New France

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Jesuits in New France notableMember Paul Le Jeune