Jeanne Mance - Wikipedia
Jeanne Mance (November 12, 1606 – June 18, 1673) was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu de …
Jeanne Mance - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Feb 27, 2008 · Jeanne Mance, co-founder of Montreal, founder and director of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (baptized 12 November 1606 in Langres, France; died 18 June 1673 in Montreal, New France). Mance was the business head behind a missionary settlement on Montreal Island in …
Jeanne Mance | Founder of Montreal, Nurse, Colonist | Britannica
Jeanne Mance (born Nov. 12, 1606, Langres, France—died June 1673, Montreal) was the French founder of the first hospital in Montreal. A member of a French association that planned a utopian colony at Montreal, she sailed with the first settlers in 1641 and founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal in 1644. After a trip to France (1657), she ...
MANCE, JEANNE - Dictionary of Canadian Biography
MANCE, JEANNE, founder of the Hôtel-Dieu of Montreal; baptized 12 Nov. 1606 in the parish of Saint-Pierre, at Langres, in Champagne (France), daughter of Catherine Émonnot and Charles Mance, attorney in the bailliage of Langres; d. 18 June 1673 at …
Jeanne Mance, co-founder of Montréal - POINTE-À-CALLIÈRE
Jeanne Mance succeeded in getting the financial and moral support of influential French representatives and led a group of missionaries, of which she was part, to found Montréal. After arriving in 1642, she ensures stewardship of the colony, manages provisioning and runs the hospital she has founded as well as taking initiatives that will save ...
Mance, Jeanne (1606–1673) - Encyclopedia.com
Mance, Jeanne (1606–1673) One of the early colonizers of Canada, inspired by religious devotion and the desire to serve God, who is credited as the founder of the Hôtel Dieu hospital and the co-founder of Montreal. Pronunciation: Jan Monce. Name variations: Jeanne de Mance.
Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, Jeanne Mance and the …
May 16, 2013 · When Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve came to his attention as a "man of prayer, brave and just," he immediately engaged him. Shortly before the expeditions' departure, another volunteer came forward. Jeanne Mance also …
Jeanne Mance - CCHeritage
Jeanne Mance, a nurse from a small French town, founded the first hospital in Montreal and cofounded the settlement with PAUL DE CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE. Saintly, womanly, courageous, idealistic, yet vastly practical, Jeanne had a rich character in which exceptional qualities were graciously blended. Her primary passion was revealed in a letter ...
Venerable Jeanne Mance - Histoire Sainte du Canada
The young man talked to her about New France. He told of the prodigious vocation of Mrs. de La Peltrie and the Ursulines she was taking to New France. He told her how Mrs. de La Peltrie had been miraculously healed after promising St. Joseph to consecrate her life for Canada.
Venerable Jeanne Mance - CMHF
At a time of violence and suffering both in France and in Canada, Jeanne Mance created an enduring legacy of caring for the sick and the wounded, treating all peoples without exclusion. Her unwavering compassion, leadership, and resilience continues to inspire hundreds of …