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René Goupil

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Gender Male
Death381 years ago
Date of birth May 15,1608
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Saint-Martin-du-Bois
Segre-en-Anjou Bleu
France
Date of died September 29,1642
DiedAuriesville
New York
United States
BeatifiedJune 21, 1925
Major shrine Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine
National Shrine of the North American Martyrs
Auriesville
New York
United States
Feast Canada
United States
Canonized Vatican City
Pope Pius XI
Patronaganesthesiologists
Canon Vatican City
NationalityCanadian
French
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1710215
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René Goupil Life story


René Goupil, S.J., was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of the Roman Catholic Church to receive the crown of martyrdom and the first canonized Catholic martyr in North America.

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