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François Véron
François Véron (Paris, c. 1575 – Charenton, 1649) was a French Jesuit controversialist.
Life.
After studying under the Jesuits, he joined them, and taught in several colleges. In order to devote himself more freely to preaching and controversy against Protestants, he later left the Society.
He challenged every minister he encountered, even the most learned and famous, such as Moulin, David Blondel, Daillé, or Bochard. His debates with them, and many other occasional or controversial writings
nearly a hundred years, so that the father Paul Le Jeune (Jesuit) will notice the ruins of a fence and some Native American acres cleared when Indians grew corn.
Thus June 2, 1647, Governor Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny allowed to François Marguerie, Jean Veron de Grandmesnil and Claude David to clear the island. The island then called Grandmesnil island and was thus designated as "terre à roture" (earth commoners). But Véron de Grandmesnil died shortly after and the island was renamed "Île de la