Born: March 25, 1593, Condé-sur-Vire, Nor­man­dy, France.

Died: March 16, 1649, Wau­bau­shene, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da (killed by In­di­ans).

Buried: Church of Saint Jo­seph at Sainte Ma­rie Among the Hur­ons, near Mid­land, Ontario, Canada.

De Brébeuf be­came a Je­su­it in 1617, and in 1625 found­ed a mis­sion at Ihon­a­tir­ia on Georg­ian Bay, Lake Hu­ron, in On­ta­rio, Ca­na­da. De­spite fierce op­po­si­tion from some In­di­ans, he con­tin­ued to preach, and made a num­ber of In­di­an con­verts.

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  1. Jesous Ahatonhia