In 1649 Midland Ontario - Jesuit priests Jean de Brébeuf 1593-1649 and Jérôme Lalement 1593-1649 are tortured by Iroquois invaders at St-Louis; Brébeuf dies at 4 pm, his flesh stripped to the bone and his body burned with pitch and boiling water; Lalement, nephew of Jesuit superior Jérôme Lalement, dies the following day of burns; he was canonised in 1930.
They were working among the Huron/Wendat/Wyandotte Nation when they were captured and martyred by the Iroquois. They, along with other Jesuits who were martyred on the Canadian Missions, were canonised together as the Canadian Martyrs.
Canadian Martyrs, pray for Canada!
Canadian Martyrs, pray for Canada!
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