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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 Montréal, in 1645.
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 1642.
May 28, 2024 · 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.
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:
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 Montreal and was buried there the following day.
Venerable Jeanne Mance. Jeanne Mance was born on November 12, 1606 in the city of Langres, France. On the same day, she was baptized in the Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul church. She was the second of twelve children born to Charles Mance, the King’s attorney of France in Langres, and Catherine Emonnot, daughter of the attorney Laurent Emonnot.
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 years after her death.
Despite her contemporaries recognizing her essential role in the founding of Montréal, it was not until May 17, 2012, after the city undertook steps to determine the extent of her contribution, that Jeanne Mance is proclaimed founder of Montréal along with Sieur de Maisonneuve.
Jan 20, 2024 · A letter written by the hand of Jeanne Mance, the French nurse who co-founded Montreal, has been rediscovered in the Quebec City seminary's archives. Mance was the first...
May 16, 2013 · Jeanne Mance also had an irresistible urge to serve God in New France. She was an intelligent, impulsive woman of 34, with beautiful eyes. News of her decision to go to New France excited interest in courts across Europe.
