1608
René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (died 1642)
René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (died 1642)
René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (died 1642)
René Goupil
French Jesuit lay brother, missionary and martyr (1608–1642)
- Born
- 1608
René Goupil,, 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 and the first canonized Catholic martyr in North America.