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Born at Paris, 17 November, 1587;
died there, 18 November, 1674. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Life

He was the first superior of the Jesuit missions in Canada, and his letter to his brother dated 1 August, 1626, inaugurated the series of “Relations” about the missionary work in that country.

Thwarted by the Trading Company at Quebec in his efforts to evangelize the Indians, he went to France to protest. Attempting to return to America his vessel was captured by Kirke who was then blockading the St. Lawrence and he was sent as a prisoner to England. A second attempt resulted in shipwreck off Cape Canso, and on his way back to France in a fishing smack which picked him up he was wrecked a second time on the coast of Spain. He finally reached America in 1632 after Quebec was restored to the French. He was the friend and confessor of Champlain, who died in his arms. He returned again to France in 1638, where he became procurator of the Canadian missions, vice provincial and superior of the “Professed house” in Paris. It was he who obtained the concession of the Island of Montreal for the colony of Dauversière, and he also got Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance to engage in the undertaking. When there was question of appointing the first Bishop of Quebec, his candidacy was urged. He is the author of a spiritual work, which was not widely known by 1911, entitled “La vie cachée de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ”, and is not to be confounded with Louis Lallement who is the author of “Les Conferences Spirituelles”. Sir David Kirke (ca. ... The Saint Lawrence River (French: fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain(c. ... Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ... The Island of Montreal (in French, île de Montréal), in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. ... Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (1612 & ndash; 1676) was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal. ... Jeanne Mance (November 12, 1606 - June 18, 1673) was a French settler in Montreal. ...

Noteable Relatives

St. Gabriel Lallemant, Nephew
Jaques-Philippe Lallemant, Brother ...

External Links

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator:%22Jesuits%22 has over 70 of the volumes of “Relations” in public domain PDF, and other free formats

Original Source/s

T.J. CAMPBELL Transcribed by Joseph E. O'Connor This article incorporates text from the public domain Catholic Encyclopedia.Stub:Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents Catagory:Jesuit Relations [[Catagory:Les Relations Des Jésuits]] The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Catholic Encyclopedia (also referred to as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia today) is an English-language encyclopedia published in 1913 by the The Encyclopedia Press, designed to give authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine. // History The writing of the encyclopedia began on January 11...