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Brébeuf was born 25 March 1593 in Condé-sur-Vire, Normandy, France.
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The Huron Carol
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Originally written in the early 1600s and in the native language of the Huron, this celebration of the age-old Christmas carol features lyrics in Huron, French, and English and a musical arrangement.
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Les Relations De Ce Qui S'est Passe Au Pays Des Hurons (1635-1648)
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Minor Vocabularies of Huron (American Language Reprints, 32)
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Jean de Brébeuf
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Saint Jean de Brébeuf was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron for the rest of his life, except for a few years in France from 1629 to 1633. He learned their language and culture, writing extensively about each to aid other missionaries.
Career
He joined the Society of Jesus in 1617 at the age of 24, spending the next two years under the direction of Lancelot Marin. Between 1619 and 1621, he was a teacher at the college of Rouen. Brébeuf was nearly expelled from the Society when he contracted tuberculosis in 1620 - a severe and usually fatal illness that prevented his studying and teaching for the traditional periods. After his ordination he went to Quebec, in June 1625, to work among the Huron Indians, and there he experienced great hardships and sharp reversals. Choosing not to flee when the Iroquois attacked the village in which he was working, he was captured, underwent a mock baptism by boiling water, and was tortured to death with hot irons, Mar. 16, 1649. With seven martyred companions he was canonized in 1930, September 26 being assigned as their feast.
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Jean de Brébeuf was canonized by Pope Pius XI on 29 June 1930, and proclaimed one of the patron saints of Canada by Pope Pius XII on 16 October 1940. Many Jesuit schools are named after him, such as Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montreal, Brébeuf College School in Toronto and Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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book
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The Huron Carol
(Originally written in the early 1600s and in the native l...)
- Les Relations De Ce Qui S'est Passe Au Pays Des Hurons (1635-1648)
- Minor Vocabularies of Huron (American Language Reprints, 32)
- Jesous Ahatonhia a Huron Indian Carol
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The Huron Carol
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Roman Catholic