Jean de Brébeuf
(1593-1649)
French Jesuit missionary and martyr
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Jean de Brébeuf () (25 March 1593 – 16 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron (Wyandot people) for the rest of his life, except for a few years in France from 1629 to 1633. He learned their language and culture, writing extensively about each to aid other missionaries.
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25 March 1593 Condé-sur-Vire, Normandy, France
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1649 (aged 55) Huron village of St. Ignace, near Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario, Canada
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