Saint Charles Garnier

Memorial

• 19 October

Profile

Son of the wealthy Jean G and Anne de Garault. A studious lad whose health was never strong, he early felt a call to religious life. Studied classics, philosophy and theology at the Jesuit college of Clermont, France. Joined the Jesuits in 1624. Ordained in 1634. Missionary to Canada in 1636. Missionary to the Huron for 13 years, one of the famous “black robes” who lived in terrible conditions to bring the faith to the far north. Died when the fort at which he was stationed was attacked by Iroquois. Charles spent his last hours ministering to the dying before he was murdered. One of the Martyrs of North America.

Born

• 1606 in Paris, France

Died

• shot in the chest and abdomen, and tomahawked in the head on 7 December 1649 at Fort Saint Jean, Canada

Beatified

• 21 June 1925 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

• 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI

Additional Information

• Address at the Martyr’s Shrine, Huronia, by Pope John Paul II
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by Lionel Lindsay
• James Mcgivern, S.J.
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Charles Garnier”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 August 2010. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-charles-garnier/>