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On 19 July 1629, Samuel de Champlainsurrendered, and the missionaries returned to France. [4] In Rouen, Brébeuf served as a preacher and confessor, taking his final Jesuitvows in 1630.[6] Between 1631 and 1633, Brébeuf worked at the College of Eu, Seine-Maritimein northern France as a steward, minister and confessor.
Learn about the life and martyrdom of St. Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary to New France who became a patron saint of Canada. Find out his achievements, writings, and legacy in the Society of Jesus.
John de Brébeuf (Jean de Brébeuf, 1593-1649) was the first Jesuit missionary in Huronia (1626) and a master of the Indian language. He founded mission outposts, converted thousands to the faith and inspired many Jesuits to volunteer for the missions of New France.
St. Jean de Brebeuf, 1593 - 1649, was a french born Jesuit missionary and martyr of New France who arrived in America in 1625 to evangelise Native Americans. He lived among the Huron for over 15 years under difficult and challenging circumstances.
Jean de Brébeuf (1593-1649), a French missionary to Canada, was a Jesuit priest who suffered martyrdom in North America. Jean de Brébeuf was born on March 25, 1593, in Condésur-Vire, Normandy, where his family belonged to the petty landed aristocracy.
BRÉBEUF, JEAN DE (called Échon by the Hurons), priest, Jesuit, founder of the Huron mission; b. 25 March 1593 at Condé-sur-Vire in Lower Normandy; martyred 16 March 1649 at the village of Saint-Ignace in the Huron country (in the region of Midland, Ontario), canonized 29 June 1930 by Pius XI and proclaimed by Pius XII on 16 Oct. 1940 patron ...
Oct 18, 2011 · Jean de Brébeuf's torture was among the cruelest any Jesuit has had to endure. Then a new danger arose. Rumors (false ones) circulated that Jean was in league with a sworn enemy of the...
