Jacques Frémin (12 March 1628, in Reims – 21 July 1691, in Quebec) was a French Jesuit missionary to New France (Canada).
[1] In 1670, he was recalled to La Prairie, the Christian settlement near Montreal where the converted Indians had been gathered.
He improved conditions at the settlement, eliminating the liquor traffic and establishing a regular cycle of prayers.
From that time on, with the exception of several voyages to France in the interest of the mission, he devoted himself exclusively to the work of preserving in the Catholic faith those Indians who had been baptized.
[3] According to J. Monet, "Father Frémin’s intelligence was not great, and his manners lacked refinement, but his courage and good sense were particularly outstanding.