Jean de Brébeuf was a French Jesuit priest who served as a missionary in New France during the 17th century. Born in Condé-sur-Vire in 1593, he dedicated much of his life to working among the Wendat (Huron) people, where he gained deep knowledge of their customs and language. He is remembered for his extensive ethnographic writings and for being one of the North American Martyrs. Brébeuf died in 1649 at Georgian Bay after being captured and killed during a raid by the Haudenosaunee.