Historical figure

Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve

gouverneur de la colonie

3 saints linked

Jeanne Mance

Feast: June 18th • 17th century

Co-founder of Montreal and Canada's first lay nurse, Jeanne Mance (1606-1673) founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal and was…

Feast: November 6th • 17th century

Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière (1597-1659) was a French layperson, founder of the congregation of the Religious Hospi…

Feast: January 12th • 17th century

Born in Troyes in 1620, Marguerite Bourgeoys left in 1653 for Ville-Marie (Montreal), where she founded the Congregation…