Antoine Daniel

Who they were

Antoine Daniel was born at Dieppe on 27 May 1601 and entered the Society of Jesus in Rome in 1621. Sent to Canada in 1633, he ran a school for Native boys at Quebec for two years and from 1634 worked in the Huron mission.

On 4 July 1648 the Iroquois attacked the mission at Teanaostaye while most of the Huron warriors were away. He did all he could for his people and was killed there.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

A Jesuit missionary who died shielding his Huron people.

Connected on this site

• Canadian Martyrs Saint honoured together
• Canadian Martyrs Saint
  “Antoine Daniel (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan danjɛl]; 27 May 1601 – 4 July 1648) was a French Jesuit missionary in North America, at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.” — Wikipedia
• Jean de Lalande Saint
  “In a single commemoration their confreres are also celebrated on this day, Saints Gabriel Lalemant, Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier and Noël Chabanel, who died as martyrs in Canadian territory on different days, after many labours in the mission among the Hurons to proclaim the Gospel of Christ to the peoples of…” — this site's research