Canadian Martyrs

Canadian Martyrs
Canadian Martyrs
	Holy card depicting the martyrs
Born	France
Died	17th century, Canada and Upstate New York
Martyred by	Iroquois
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Church
Beatified	June 21, 1925, Rome, by Pope Pius XI
Canonized	June 29, 1930, Rome, by Pope Pius XI
Major shrine	Martyrs' Shrine, Midland, Ontario, Canada ; National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, Auriesville, New York
Feast	September 26 (in Canada and among Traditional Roman Catholics); October 19 (General Calendar); Anglican Church of Canada
Patronage	Canada

The Canadian Martyrs (French: Martyrs canadiens), also known as the North American Martyrs (French: Saints martyrs canadiens, Holy Canadian Martyrs), were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. They were ritually tortured and killed on various dates in the mid-17th century in Canada, in what is now southern Ontario, and in upstate New York, during the warfare between the Iroquioan tribes the Mohawk and the Huron. They have subsequently been canonized and venerated as martyrs by the Catholic Church.

The martyrs are:

Name	Date of death	Place of death	Means of death
Br. René Goupil	September 29, 1642	Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York	tomahawk to the head^[1]
Fr. Isaac Jogues	October 18, 1646	Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York	tomahawk to the head^[2]
Jean de Lalande	October 19, 1646	Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York	tomahawk to the head^[3]
Fr. Antoine Daniel	July 4, 1648	Teanaostaye, near Hillsdale, Ontario	shot^[4]
Fr. Jean de Brébeuf	March 16, 1649	St. Ignace, near Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, Ontario	boiling water and fire at the stake^[5]
Fr. Gabriel Lalemant	March 17, 1649	St. Ignace, near Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, Ontario	boiling water and fire at the stake^[5]
Fr. Charles Garnier	December 7, 1649	near Collingwood, Ontario	shot^[6]
Fr. Noël Chabanel	December 8, 1649	Nottawasaga River, Ontario	tomahawk to the head^[6]