Sainte-Marie among the Hurons was a French Jesuit settlement in Huronia or Wendake, the land of the Wendat, near modern Midland, Ontario, from 1639 to 1649. It was the first European settlement in wha
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Brébeuf and Lallemant stand ready for boiling water/fire "Baptism", flaying
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The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs, were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. They were ritually tortured and killed on various dates in the mid-17
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons
…of the Wendat (Huron), near modern Midland, Ontario, from 1639 to 1649. It was the first European settlement in what is now the province of Ontario. Eight missionaries from Sainte-Marie were martyred by the Haudenosaunee and were canonized by the Catholic Church in 1930. Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons was designated a…
Holy card depicting the martyrs
Martyr's Shrine, Midland, Ontario