Saint Anthony Daniel
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Also known as
- Antoine Daniel
Profile
Joined the Jesuits in Rome, Italy on 1 October 1621. Ordained in 1629. Missionary to Canada in 1632, stationed at Cape Breton and Bias-d’or Lakes. Missionary to the Huron at Ihonatiria from July 1634 until his death. Founded the first boy’s college in North America at Quebec in 1635. Murdered just outside the chapel in which he had just celebrated Mass. One of the Martyrs of North America.
Born
- shot with arrows on 4 July 1648 by Iroquois at Teanaostae, near Hillsdale, Limcoe County, Ontario, Canada
- body burned in the chapel in which he had been celebrating Mass
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by Edward P Spillane
- Catholic Online
- Google Directory
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Saint Antoine Daniel Catholic School, Victoria Harbour, Ontario, Canada
