Louis-Pierre Thury

Thury's burial site, St. Aspinquid’s Chapel (Chain Rock Battery, Point Pleasant Park, Nova Scotia)

Louis-Pierre Thury (c. 1644, Notre Dame de Breuil en Auge (Department of Calvados), France-June 3, 1699, Halifax, Nova Scotia) was a French missionary (secular priest) who was sent to North America during the time of King William's War.[1] He was a liaison between the French and their Native American allies during the course of the conflict, and died soon after it ended.[2]

  1. ^ Binasco, Matteo. The Role and Activities of the Capuchin, Jesuit and Recollet Missionaries in Acadia/Nova Scotia from 1654-1755. Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS. 2004. (Note: Seculars include Priests of the Seminary of the Foreign Missions, Spiritans and Sulpicians in Acadia from 1654 to 1755).
  2. ^ "Thury, Louis-Pierre". Dictionary of Canadian Biographies Online. Retrieved September 11, 2012.