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CATHOLIC
SAINTS IN CANADA
THE CANADIAN MARTYRS
updated April 2004
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Priests
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St. Jean de Brebeuf
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St. Noel Chabanel
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St. Anthony Daniel
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St. Charles Garnier
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St. Issac Joques
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St. Gabriel Lalemant
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Laypersons
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St. Rene Goupil - surgeon and lay apostle,
first to be martyred, Sept 29. 1642
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St. Jean de Lalande
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Native Canadians
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Other Martyrs - Beatified
by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine, June 27, 2001
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Blessed Martyr Nikita Budka
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the first Ukrainian Canadian
Catholic Bishop of Winnipeg
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Blessed Martyr Basil Velichkovsky
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buried in Winnipeg
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he died during his visit here
in 1973 after being injected with a slow-acting poison by his communist
captors
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When is their feast day?
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June 27 - Blessed Basil Velichkovsky
and Nikita Budka
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September 26 - The Canadian
Martyrs - as celebrated in Canada
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October 19 - The North American
Martyrs - and by the Universal Church
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What do we know about them?
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from the epic work by E.J.
Pratt
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from the Catholic Encyclopedia
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from wyandot.org
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from the Wyandot Band of Anderhom Michigan
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from the Martyrs Shrine
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from Georgian Bay Tourism
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from other Sources
