Saint jean de lalande biography samples

LALANDE, JEAN DE, a donné of the Society of Jesus, native of Dieppe, canonized by Pope Pius XI, 29 June 1930; killed by the Iroquois in October 1646.

La Lande was a donné, and by that we mean that he was not bound to the Society of Jesus by religious vows, but by a contract under the terms of which he placed himself completely at the disposal of the missionaries, who in return guaranteed him lodging, food, and help in case of illness, The first indication of his presence in the colony was on 14  Dec.

1642, when the effects of the late Jean Nicollet were up for auction and he came forward as purchaser of two books of piety which had belonged to the famous intepreter of the Algonkins. From 1642 to 1646 he seems to have been attached regularly to the Trois-Rivières residence.

Father Anne de Nouë was then in charge of the residents of the house; this missionary was later buried at Trois-Rivères after an heroic death which was a noble inspiration to Jean