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Saint Jean de Lalande (died October 18 1646) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and one of the eight North American Martyrs.Lalande was a member of a party led by Jesuit Isaac Jogues as an envoy to the Mohawk lands to protect the precarious peace of the time. However Mohawk attitudes towards this peace had soured during the men’s journey and they were attacked by a Mohawk party en route.

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beatified by
Pope Pius XI
beatified date
1925-06-21
beatified place
Italy, Rome
birth place
France, Dieppe
canonized by
Pope Pius XI
canonized date
1930-06-29
canonized place
Italy, Rome
death date
1646-10-18
death place
Auriesville New York, United States
major shrine
National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, Auriesville New York
title
Martyr
venerated in
Catholic Church

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