"It would be difficult to experience [...] a more excessive joy than the one I felt upon setting foot in this world." So French Jesuit Isaac Jogues wrote to his mother after arriving in French Canada in 1636. After several years living among the Huron and Algonquin, pro-French populations, in 1642, while he was with a group of converted Hurons, he was ambushed by the Iroquois, who were pro-English and hostile to Catholics. Father Jogues managed to hide, but when he saw the converted Hurons being deported by the Iroquois, he decided to follow them to comfort them and not let them forget their faith. They were taken to an Iroquois village, where they endured numerous tortures, during which Father Jogues' hands were mutilated, losing his thumb and index finger. Two years later, he was freed thanks to the mediation of some Dutch merchants and returned to France. There he was considered a living martyr, having been very close to death for his faith and bearing the marks of the event on his body, namely the mutilated hands. However, these caused problems for his role as a priest: the rules of the Church established that only the thumb and index finger could touch the consecrated host, precisely the fingers that Father Jogues no longer had. However, given his popularity and his story, Pope Urban VIII allowed him to celebrate Mass even with his mutilated hand, stating that "It would be shameful for a Christ martyr not to be able to drink the Blood of Christ". Father Jogues wanted to return to Canada and continue the apostolic work he had begun. He returned in 1644, but two years later, while attempting to mediate peace between the Hurons and Iroquois, he was treacherously killed by the latter, accused of witchcraft. In this way, he officially became a martyr of faith, although in fact he had already become one during his lifetime.