François Vachon de Belmont
| François Vachon de Belmont | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
3 April 1645 Dauphiné, France |
| Died |
22 May 1732 (aged 87) Montreal, Canada, New France |
| Religion | Christian (Sulpician) |
François Vachon de Belmont (3 April 1645 – 22 May 1732) was the fifth superior of the Montreal Sulpicians from 1700 to 1731.[1] Vachon de Belmont was born in Burgundy, France to a wealthy family. He moved to Canada and personally funded the construction of La Montagne mission near Montreal.[2]
He authored the Histoire du Canada, which was first published by the Quebec Literary and Historical Society Collections in 1840.[2]
References
- ↑ Herbermann, Charles George (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. New York: Encyclopedia Press. p. 379.
- 1 2 Jesuits (1900). Reuben Gold Thwaites, ed. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, volume 67. Cleveland: Burrows Bros. Co. p. 339.
External links
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Fournet, Pierre Auguste (1907). "François Vachon de Belmont". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company. - Mathieu, Jacques (1979) [1969]. "Vachon de Belmont, François". In Hayne, David. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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Fournet, Pierre Auguste (1907). "François Vachon de Belmont". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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