North American Martyrs

St. René Goupil
Born in 1606 at Anjou, France

Missionary to the Hurons.
Martyr, killed by Iroquois, enemies of the Huron, for making the sign of the cross of a child's  head.
First North American martyr.

Died tomahawked in the head following two months of torture in 1642

Canonized in 1930