Barthélemy Vimont
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Barthélemy Vimont was a French Jesuit missionary in New France
, North America
.
, he entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen in 1613. After his novitiate, he studied philosophy at the Collège at La Flèche where he was a student of Énemond Massé
, a Jesuit missionary newly returned from New France.
Father Vimont first arrived in North America as part of a flotilla of four ships and a bark commanded by Charles Daniel
in August of 1629. Caught in a storm off the Newfoundland Banks, the ships were scattered with one ship carrying Vimont and the Captain making it to Cape Breton Island
. Fort Sainte Anne
was established and Vimont began his missionary work but was recalled to France the following year.
In 1639, Father Vimont returned to the New World, this time to Quebec
to become third superior of the Jesuit Mission in Canada, succeeding Father Paul Le Jeune
. He functioned in that capacity in New France until 1645.
Vimont, a friend and admirer of Jean Nicolet
, wrote the only contemporary account of Nicolet's 1634 voyage to the interior of North America (published in Paris in 1642). He had also arrived in New France
with Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la Peltrie
who was the secular foundress of the Ursulines of Quebec
and Marie de l'Incarnation who was the Ursuline foundress.
He died at Vannes in 1667.
New France
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
, North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Biography
Born at LisieuxLisieux
Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.Lisieux is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland...
, he entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen in 1613. After his novitiate, he studied philosophy at the Collège at La Flèche where he was a student of Énemond Massé
Énemond Massé
Énemond Massé was a French Jesuit missionary, one of the first Jesuits sent to New France.-Life:Massé was born at Lyon. Before leaving for French Canada, he was the confessor of Antoinette de Pons, the Marquise de Guercheville...
, a Jesuit missionary newly returned from New France.
Father Vimont first arrived in North America as part of a flotilla of four ships and a bark commanded by Charles Daniel
Charles Daniel (sea captain)
Charles Daniel was an early contributor to the advancement of the settlement of the New World. One of his documented accomplishments was the founding of Fort Sainte Anne on Cape Breton Island. This took place in 1629 after the captain's ship had been involved in a gale which separated this ship...
in August of 1629. Caught in a storm off the Newfoundland Banks, the ships were scattered with one ship carrying Vimont and the Captain making it to Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
. Fort Sainte Anne
Fort Sainte Anne
-Canada:*Fort Sainte Anne on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia*Fort Albany, Ontario on James Bay, Ontario, formerly known as Fort Sainte Anne....
was established and Vimont began his missionary work but was recalled to France the following year.
In 1639, Father Vimont returned to the New World, this time to Quebec
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
to become third superior of the Jesuit Mission in Canada, succeeding Father Paul Le Jeune
Paul Le Jeune
Paul Le Jeune was a French Jesuit missionary in French Canada.-Biography:Le Jeune was born in Vitry-le-François in the region of Champagne, France in 1591...
. He functioned in that capacity in New France until 1645.
Vimont, a friend and admirer of Jean Nicolet
Jean Nicolet
Jean Nicolet de Belleborne was a French coureur des bois noted for exploring Green Bay in what is now the U.S. state of Wisconsin.-Life:...
, wrote the only contemporary account of Nicolet's 1634 voyage to the interior of North America (published in Paris in 1642). He had also arrived in New France
New France
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
with Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la Peltrie
Marie-Madeline de Chauvigny de la Peltrie
Marie-Madeleine de Chauvigny de la Peltrie was a French woman who started the Order of Ursulines of Quebec.Madame Chauvigny was born at Alençon. She arrived in New France with a number of Ursulines including a future nun, Charlotte Barré and Marie de l'Incarnation, who was to be the religious...
who was the secular foundress of the Ursulines of Quebec
Ursulines of Quebec
The Ursuline Convent of Quebec City, , founded in 1639, is the oldest institution of learning for women in North America...
and Marie de l'Incarnation who was the Ursuline foundress.
He died at Vannes in 1667.