Chastellain, Pierre, missionary among the Huron Indians, b. at Senlis, France, in 1606; d. at Quebec, 14 August, 1684. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1624 and at the age of thirty sailed from France with two future martyrs, Fathers Isaac Jogues and Charles Garnier, and the new Governor of Canada, Montmagny, the successor in that post of Champlain. In July, 1636, Chastellain and Garnier left Three Rivers with the Indian trading canoes to join the mission in the Huron country. In the September following, both were attacked by smallpox, but recovered. For nearly fifty years Chastellain toiled on the mission of Canada at different stations among the Hurons as well as in Quebec. With great strength of character he combined a gentleness that was never ruffled and an unfailing charity towards others. During his laborious mission work he composed his book “ Affectus amantis Christum seu Exercitium amoris erga Dominum Jesum pro totâ’ hebdomada”, a quarto of 483 pages (Paris, 1647).
Menology of the Society of Jesus, English Assistance (Roehampton, 1902), II, 70, 71; Thwaites, Jesuit Relations (Cleveane 1896-1901), VIII, 307; Sommervogel, Bibl. de lac. de J.,
Edward P. Spillane.