Feast March 17
Saint Gabriel Lalemant
Martyr · Feast March 17
Biography
Gabriel Lalemant was a French Jesuit missionary in New France beginning in 1646. Caught up in warfare between the Huron and nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, he was killed in St. Ignace by Mohawk warriors and is one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.
Feast day
March 17
Birth date
3 October 1610
Death date
1649-03-17
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
29 June 1930
Canonized by
Pope Pius XI
Feast month
3
Wikidata qid
Q957622
Feast day of month
17