Sébastien Rale

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Sébastien Rale was a French Jesuit missionary to the Abenaki people in New France whose involvement in colonial conflicts with the British made him a central and controversial figure in early 18th-century North American history.

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Father Sébastien Rale 2
Sébastien Rale canonical 2
Jesuit missionary Sébastien Rale 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French person
Jesuit missionary
Roman Catholic priest
human
missionary in North America
activeInTerritory Kennebec River valley
linked to: Kennebec River

Maine region
New France
birthDate 1657
birthPlace Pontarlier, Franche-Comté, France
linked to: Pontarlier
causeOfDeath killed in conflict
conflict Father Rale's War
Queen Anne's War
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1724-08-23
deathPlace Norridgewock, Maine (then part of New France)
linked to: Norridgewock, Maine
describedAs controversial figure in early 18th-century North American colonial history
instigator of Native resistance by some British colonists
martyr by some French and Catholic contemporaries
era early 18th century
ethnicGroup French
fieldOfWork Abenaki language
missionary work among Indigenous peoples of North America
hasWork Abenaki catechism
Abenaki–French dictionary (manuscript)
knownFor being a central figure in Father Rale's War
compiling an Abenaki–French dictionary
involvement in colonial conflicts between France and Britain in North America
missionary work among the Abenaki people
languageSpoken Abenaki
French
Latin
memberOf Society of Jesus
missionaryTo Abenaki people
linked to: Abenaki

Indigenous peoples of New France
name Sebastian Rale
linked to: Sébastien Rale

Sebastian Rasle
Sebastian Râle
linked to: Sébastien Râle

Sébastien Rale
linked to: Sébastien Râle

Sébastien Rasle
Sébastien Râle
notableEvent killed during a New England colonial raid on Norridgewock
notableFor influence on Abenaki resistance to British expansion
occupation Catholic priest
Jesuit missionary
linguist
partOf history of Maine
history of New France
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Norridgewock, Abenaki village on the Kennebec River
linked to: Norridgewock, Maine

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Father Rale's War namedAfter Sébastien Rale
Father Rale's War notableFigure Sébastien Rale
Battle of Norridgewock commander Father Sébastien Rale
linked to: Sébastien Rale
Battle of Norridgewock notableDeath Jesuit missionary Sébastien Rale
linked to: Sébastien Rale
Sébastien Rale name Sebastian Rale
linked to: Sébastien Rale
Dummer's War hasCommander Father Sébastien Rale
linked to: Sébastien Rale