Saint Charles Garnier | |
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| Born | May 25, 1606 Paris, France |
| Died | December 7, 1649 (aged 43) Tobacco Nation country near Collingwood, Ontario, Canada |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 1930 by Pope Pius XI |
| Major shrine | Shrine of the Canadian Martyrs, Midland, Ontario, Canada |
| Feast | October 19 |
Charles Garnier, SJ (baptised in Paris, May 25, 1606 – martyred December 7, 1649) was a Jesuit missionary working in New France. He was killed by Iroquois in a Petun (Tobacco Nation) village on December 7, 1649.[1][2]
- ^ Gray, Charlotte; Angel, Sara (2004). The Museum Called Canada: 25 Rooms of Wonder. Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0-679-31220-8.
- ^ Larivière, Florian (1957). La Vie ardente de Saint Charles Garnier. Montreal: Bellarmin.