

St. Isaac Jogues was a Jesuit priest, missionary and martyr who worked with the Hurons and later the Iroquois. He was ordained in January 1636 in France. Jogues arrived in New France (Quebec, Canada) in the summer of 1636. In August 1642, Jogues accompanied a convoy to Quebec in order to replenish supplies and exchange news with Europe. They were attacked and taken into Mohawk territory soon after their departure. He was kept captive and tortured until November 1643, when, with the help of the Dutch, Jogues escaped and traveled to France. The pope granted permission to Jogues to celebrate mass with his mutilated hands. In 1646, Jogues requested and was granted permission to return to New France to continue his missionary work. Jogues was taken prisoner by the Huron, who believed that he was responsible for the epidemic, draught and famine that occurred following his previous visit. On 18 October 1646 he was killed by a hatchet blow to the head.
He was called "Apostle of the Mohawks" and the Mohawks called him Ondessonk, "the indomitable one".
The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs or the Martyrs of New France, were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, who were tortured and martyred on various dates in the mid-17th century in New France, in what are now southern Ontario and upstate New York, during the warfare between the Iroquois and the Huron. They are Jean de Brébeuf, Noël Chabanel, Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier, René Goupil, Isaac Jogues, Jean de Lalande and Gabriel Lalemant. They were all canonized as saints in the Roman Catholic Church in 1930.
Les martyrs canadiens étaient huit missionnaires jésuites à Sainte-Marie-au-pays-des-Hurons, qui furent tués au XVIIe siècle au Canada. Ils furent tués lors des guerres entre les Hurons et les Iroquois. Ces saints catholiques sont liturgiquement commémorés le 19 octobre par l'Église catholique, ou le 26 septembre au Canada. Les huit martyrs canadiens sont : Jean de Brébeuf, Noël Chabanel, Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier,René Goupil, Jean de Lalande, Gabriel Lalemant et Isaac Jogues. Les martyrs canadiens furent canonisés par le pape Pie XI en 1930.
Ils sont collectivement des saints patrons secondaires du Canada. La paroisse francophone de Saskatoon en Saskatchewan est également placée sous la protection des saints martyrs canadiens, tout comme celle de Pont-Landry (Nouveau-Brunswick).
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January 10, 1607
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Orléans, Orléanais, France
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1636 |
1636
- 1646
Age 28
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Isaac Jogues was ordained in Paris in 1624 as Jesuit. He was missionary in Quebec from 1636-1639, went to France from 1641-1643 then back to Quebec from 1644-1646. |
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1646 |
October 18, 1646
Age 39
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Ossernenon, Pays des Iroquois, Amérique
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