Gabriel Lalemant

Saint Gabriel Lalemant was a Jesuit missionary in New France beginning in 1646. Caught up in warfare between the Huron and nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, he was killed in St. Ignace by Mohawk warriors and is one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.

Gabriel Lalemant was born in Paris, October 31, 1610, the son of a French jurist and his wife. He was the third of six children, five of whom entered religious life. Two of Gabriels uncles served the Jesuits in New France Charles Lalemant as the first Superior of the Jesuit missions in Canada, and Jrme Lalemant as the VicarGeneral of Quebec.

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