Saint Anthony Daniel

illustration of the martyrdom of the Martyrs of North America, c.1927 by unknown Jesuit; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Antoine Daniel

Memorial

4 July
19 October as one of the Martyrs of North America

Profile

Joined the Jesuits in Rome, Italy on 1 October 1621. Ordained in 1629. Missionary to Canada in 1632, stationed at Cape Breton and Bias-d’or Lakes. Missionary to the Huron at Ihonatiria from July 1634 until his death. Founded the first boy’s college in North America at Quebec in 1635. Murdered just outside the chapel in which he had just celebrated Mass. Martyr.

Born

27 May 1601 at Dieppe, Normandy, France

Died

shot with arrows on 4 July 1648 by Iroquois at Teanaostae, near Hillsdale, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
body burned in the chapel in which he had been celebrating Mass

Canonized