Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière

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Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière was a 17th-century French layman and religious visionary best known for initiating and promoting the Catholic colonization project that led to the founding of Montreal in New France.

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Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious visionary
French layman
human
associatedWith founding of Montreal
birthDate 1597-03-18
birthPlace France NERFINISHED
La Flèche NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 17th century
citizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
coFounderOf Société Notre-Dame de Montréal NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Jean-Jacques Olier NERFINISHED
Jeanne Mance NERFINISHED
Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve NERFINISHED
commemoratedIn history of Montreal
countryOfActivity France NERFINISHED
New France NERFINISHED
deathDate 1659-11-06
deathPlace France
La Flèche NERFINISHED
familyName Le Royer de La Dauversière NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Catholic missions to New France
religious colonization projects
givenName Jérôme NERFINISHED
hasCause establishment of a model Christian community in Montreal
evangelization of Indigenous peoples in New France
hasEthnicGroup French
hasGender male
influenced development of Ville-Marie (Montreal)
inspiredEstablishmentOf Catholic missions in New France NERFINISHED
Ville-Marie NERFINISHED
knownAs La Dauversière NERFINISHED
language French
movement Catholic reform and missionary movement in France
name Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière NERFINISHED
notableFor initiating the Catholic colonization project that led to the founding of Montreal
promotion of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal
occupation lay administrator
tax collector
partOf Catholic laity in early modern France
religion Roman Catholicism
residence La Flèche NERFINISHED
roleInMontreal principal promoter of the original colonization project
subjectOf Catholic hagiographical studies
vision establishment of a missionary settlement on the Island of Montreal

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Société Notre-Dame de Montréal foundedBy Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière
Société Notre-Dame de Montréal hasMember Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière