Antoine Daniel was a French Jesuit missionary in North America, at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.
10 Facts About Antoine Daniel
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Antoine Daniel was a teacher of junior classes at the College in Rouen from 1623 to 1627.
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Antoine Daniel's brother Charles was a sea-captain in the employ of the De Caen Company of France, representing Protestant-Huguenot interests.
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Captain Antoine Daniel had a French fort on Cape Breton Island in 1629.
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In 1634 Antoine Daniel travelled to Wendake with Jean de Brebeuf and Daoust.
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Antoine Daniel studied the Wendat language and made rapid progress.
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Antoine Daniel translated the Lord's Prayer, the Creed and other prayers into the Huron native tongue and set them to music.
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Antoine Daniel returned to Huronia in 1638 to relieve Brebeuf at the new mission.
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Antoine Daniel gave them general absolution and, immersing his handkerchief in a bowl of water, he shook it over them, baptizing the catechumens by aspersion.
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Antoine Daniel was the first martyr of the missionaries to the Hurons.