Isaac Jogues
Isaac Jogues (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Haudenosaunee, Wendat, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, calling it Lac du Saint Sacrement (Lake of the Blessed Sacrament). In 1646, Jogues was martyred by the Mohawk at their village of Ossernenon, near the Mohawk River.
Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf and six other martyred missionaries, all Jesuit priests or laypeople associated with them, were canonized by the Catholic Church in 1930; they are known as the Canadian Martyrs, or the North American Martyrs. A shrine was built in their honor at Auriesville, New York, formerly believed to be the location of the Mohawk village. Their feast day is celebrated on 19 October in the General Roman Calendar and 26 September in Canada.
In the Martyrology
- October 18 Passion of Saint Isaac Jogues, Jesuit priest and martyr of America
- October 19 Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Jean de Lalande, René Goupil, Gabriel Lalemant, Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier and Noël Chabanel, Jesuit religious, martyrs of Canada