Gabriel Lalemant

Saint

Gabriel Lalemant
Jesuit, Missionary and Martyr of Canada
Born3 October 1610
Paris, France
Died17 March 1649(1649-03-17) (aged 38)
Saint Ignace (Waubaushene near Tay, Ontario)
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Canonized29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI
Major shrineShrine of the Jesuit Martyrs, Midland, Ontario, Canada
Feast26 September (Canada); 17 March (U.S.)

Gabriel Lalemant SJ (3 October 1610 – 17 March 1649) was a French 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.