Saint Charles Garnier | |
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Born | May 25, 1606 Paris, France |
Died | December 7, 1649 Tobacco Nation country near Collingwood, Ontario, Canada | (aged 43)
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 (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ɡaʁnje]; 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]