Pierre Raffeix
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Pierre Raffeix | |
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| Born | 1633 Clermont-Ferrand, France |
| Died | 1724 (aged 90–91) Québec, Canada |
| Occupations | Missionary, cartographer |
Pierre Raffeix (1633–1724) was a French Jesuit missionary in Canada.
Biography
He was born at Clermont-Ferrand, entered the Society of Jesus in 1653, and came to Canada in 1663. In 1668 he established near Montreal a settlement for converted Haudenosaunee (now Kahnawake).
In 1671 he replaced Étienne de Carheil in the Cayuga mission, and afterwards went to the Seneca Indians until 1680.
Raffeix was a cartographer, as the following surviving maps bear witness:
- "Carte des regions les plus occidentales du Canada", dated 1676, and bearing a legend relating to the voyage of discovery of Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet;
- "Le lac Ontario avec les pays adjacents et surtout les cinq nations iroquoises";
- "La Nouvelle-France, de l'Océan au lac Erié, et, au sud, jusqu'à la Nouvelle-Angleterre".
After his return to Quebec he acted as procurator to the mission. He spent two years at Jeune-Lorette (1699–1700), shortly after the final migration of the remnants of the Wendat (Huron) nation. He died at Quebec.
References
- Campeau, Lucien (1979) [1969]. "Raffeix, Pierre". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pierre Raffeix". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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