Brebeuf, Saint Jean de, << bray BUF, saynt zhahn duh >> (1593-1649), was a French Jesuit missionary and martyr. He established the first mission among the Huron , a native people, on Georgian Bay, Canada, in 1626. To convert them, he underwent great hardships. The Iroquois , enemies of the Huron, captured and killed him on March 16, 1649. Brebeuf was born in Bayeux, France, on March 25, 1593.
