Charles Garnier (missionary)

Saint

Charles Garnier
North American Martyrs
BornMay 25, 1606
Paris, France
DiedDecember 7, 1649(1649-12-07) (aged 43)
Tobacco Nation country near Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Venerated inCatholic Church
Canonized1930 by Pope Pius XI
Major shrineShrine of the Canadian Martyrs, Midland, Ontario, Canada
FeastOctober 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]

  1. ^ Gray, Charlotte; Angel, Sara (2004). The Museum Called Canada: 25 Rooms of Wonder. Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0-679-31220-8.
  2. ^ Larivière, Florian (1957). La Vie ardente de Saint Charles Garnier. Montreal: Bellarmin.