Jean de Brébeuf Jean de Brébeuf (1593-1649), a French missionary to Canada, was a Jesuit priest who suffered martyrdom in North America. Jean de Brébeuf was born on March 25, 1593, in Condé-sur-Vire, Normandy, where his family belonged to the petty... more
BrÉBeuf, Saint Jean De (born March 25, 1593, Condé-sur-Vire, Normandy—died March 16, 1649, Saint-Ignace, New France; canonized 1930; feast day October 19) French Jesuit missionary to New France. Ordained in 1623, he arrived in New France in 1625 to work as a missi... more
