De Lamberville, Jacques
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Title
De Lamberville, Jacques
Description
Jacques De Lambert worked as a missionary with the Mohawk people in Gandaouagué from 1675-1678. During his time, he converted more than 100 people, including Kateri Tekakwitha, the first North American Aboriginal person to be elevated to Sainthood. Tekakwitha’s enthusiastic conversion was controversial, garnering her persecution and death threats. Sensing the danger, Lamberville secretly sent her with other converts to St. Francis Xavier Mission at Sault St. Louis, several hundred kilometers away.
Lamberts time among the Mohawks was difficult. He was once almost murdered by a drunken warrior one night, but survived due to the midnight darkness, and the drunkenness of his assailant. Despite some difficulties, Jacques managed to maintain good relations with the Mohawk People.
Lamberts time among the Mohawks was difficult. He was once almost murdered by a drunken warrior one night, but survived due to the midnight darkness, and the drunkenness of his assailant. Despite some difficulties, Jacques managed to maintain good relations with the Mohawk People.
Date
1675-1678
Type
Person
Coverage
The St. Pierre Mission, Gandaouagué
Source
C. J. Jaenen, “LAMBERVILLE, JACQUES DE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/lamberville_jacques_de_2E.html.
Henri Béchard, “TEKAKWITHA (Tekaouïta, Tagaskouïta, Tegakwitha), Kateri (baptized Catherine),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/tekakwitha_1E.html.
Henri Béchard, “TEKAKWITHA (Tekaouïta, Tagaskouïta, Tegakwitha), Kateri (baptized Catherine),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/tekakwitha_1E.html.
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1641 CE
Birthplace
Rouen, France
Death Date
1710 CE
Place of Death
Montreal, Canada
Occupation
Instructor; Missionary; Chaplain
Languages Spoken or Written
French; Mohawk; Onondaga
Biographical Text
Jacques De Lamberville (1641-1710) became a Jesuit at the age of 20 and taught for many colleges for the Society of Jesus in France, until he was 34, when he became a missionary and headed to Canada. Lamberville arrived at Gandaouagué, a Mohawk settlement founded after the destruction of another settlement Ossernenon in 1666 during a war with the French. The Mohawks lost the war, and one of the conditions of surrender was to accept Jesuit missionaries like Lamberville. Lamberville stayed with the Mohawks for several years, converting many despite some difficulties and disputes with the Mohawks.
He was known for his great piety and his frequent self-abnegation. Following his death, miracles were alleged to have occurred to those who merely touched his previous possessions.
He was known for his great piety and his frequent self-abnegation. Following his death, miracles were alleged to have occurred to those who merely touched his previous possessions.
Associated Course
Conflict and Change in Early Canadian History (Carleton HIST 1301)
Student Cataloguer
Sean MacInnis
Citation
seanmacinnis, “De Lamberville, Jacques ,” Recipro: The history of international and humanitarian aid, accessed September 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/recipro/items/show/414.
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