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.

All labels observed (4)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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