Bl.Julian Maunoir

Jesuit priest.
Classmate of Saint Isaac Jogues.
Having learned the Breton language while teaching in Quimper, he was well suited for evangelizing the impoverished people of Brittany, and though he requested to go to Canada, he was assigned as a home missionary for 43 years, holding 375 missions, and becoming the principal cause of religious renewal in the province. His missions sometimes attracted 10,000
to 30,000 people, he asked parish priests to help hear confessions, catechize, and distribute
Communion.
In 1651, seven of these priests asked permission to join Julian in his work, and the  group became known as the Breton Missionaries. By 1665 there were 300, and by 1683 almost
1000.

Died in 1683