René Goupil
French missionary
René Goupil, S.J., was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of the Roman Catholic Church to receive the crown of martyrdom... Wikipedia
Born: May 15, 1608, Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Segré-en-Anjou Bleu, France
Died: September 29, 1642 (age 34 years), Auriesville, NY
Feast: : 26 September (Canada); 19 October (United States);
Major shrine: National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, Auriesville, New York, US