Isaac Jogues is a saint evoked in the Litany of Saint Fidgeta (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies; 25). The line in the prayer asks Fidgeta to deliver the speaker from nuns who do to children what Indians did to Jogues and his friends.
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Isaac Jogues (1607–46) was a Jesuit priest, missionary, and martyr who traveled and worked among the native populations in North America. Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and six others was martyred by the Mohawk at their village of Ossernenon, a site near present-day Auriesville, New York. Canonized in 1930, they are known as The North American Martyrs[1].
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- ↑ Wikipedia: Isaac Jogues