Canadian Martyrs

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The Canadian Martyrs (French: Martyrs canadiens), also known as the North American Martyrs (French: Saints martyrs canadiens, Holy Canadian Martyrs), were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. They were ritually tortured and killed on various dates in the mid-17th century in Canada, in what is now southern Ontario, and in upstate New York, during the warfare between the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat (Huron). They have subsequently been canonized and venerated as martyrs by the Catholic Church. The martyrs are:

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