Name	Louis Jolliet
Birth date	September 21, 1645
Death date	1700 (aged 54)
Laterwork	Canadian explorer
Awards	Jolliet was also granted land south of Quebec in return for his favors }}

Louis Jolliet (September 21, 1645last seen May 1700), also known as Louis Joliet, was a Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. Jolliet and Jesuit Father Jacques Marquette, a Catholic priest and missionary, were the first Europeans to explore and map much of the Mississippi River in 1673.

Early life

Jolliet was born in 1645 in a French settlement near Quebec City. When he was seven years old, his father died and his mother remarried a successful merchant. Jolliet's stepfather owned land on the Ile d'Orleans, an island in the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec that was home to First Nations. Jolliet spent much time on Ile d'Orleans, so it was likely that he began speaking Aboriginal languages at a young age. During his childhood, Quebec was the center of the French fur trade. The Natives were part of day-to-day life in Quebec, and Jolliet grew up knowing a lot about them.

Jolliet attended a Jesuit school in Quebec and received minor orders in 1662, but abandoned his plans to become a priest in 1667. He spoke English, Spanish, and French.

Discovery of the Mississippi

May 18, 1673, Jolliet and Marquette departed from St. Ignace with two canoes and five other voyageurs of French-Indian ancestry (today's Métis). They followed Lake Michigan to Green Bay (Lake Michigan) a distance of slightly less than two miles through marsh and oak plains to the Wisconsin River. At that point Europeans eventually built a trading post, Portage, named for its location. From there, they ventured on and entered the Mississippi River near present-day Prairie du Chien on June 17.

The Jolliet-Marquette expedition traveled down the Mississippi to within 435 miles (700 km) of the Gulf of Mexico, but they turned back north at the mouth of the Arkansas River. By this point, they had encountered natives carrying European goods, and they were concerned about an encounter with explorers or colonists from Spain. They followed the Mississippi back to the mouth of the Illinois River, which they learned from natives was a shorter route back to the Great Lakes. Following the Illinois and the Des Plaines rivers, via the Chicago Portage, they reached Lake Michigan near the location of modern-day Chicago. Marquette stopped at the mission of St. Francis Xavier in Green Bay, Wisc., in August, while Jolliet returned to Quebec to relate the news of their discoveries.

The party returned to the Illinois Territory in late 1674, becoming the first Europeans to winter over in what would become the city of Chicago. As welcomed guests of the Illinois Confederation, the explorers were feasted en route and fed ceremonial foods such as ''Indian corn''.

Later years

Jolliet married Claire-Francoise Bissot, who was Canadian. In 1680, he was granted the Island of Anticosti, where he created a fort and maintained soldiers. In 1693 he was appointed "Royal Hydrographer", and on April 30, 1697, was granted the Seigneurial system of New France seigneury (fiefdom) of Jolliet, southwest of Quebec City, making him a minor "lord", roughly the colonial equivalent of a hereditary baronet with the title of "Sieur Jolliet" (Sir Jolliet).

In 1694 he sailed north from the Gulf of St. Lawrence north along the coast of Labrador as far north as Zoar, a voyage of five and a half months. He recorded details of the country, navigation, the Inuit and their customs. His journal (“Journal de Louis Jolliet allant à la descouverte de Labrador, 1694,”) is the earliest known detailed survey of the Labrador coast from the Strait of Belle Isle to Zoar.

In May, 1700, Louis Jolliet left for Anticosti Island and was presumed to have died, although his body was never found, and the place and date of his death are unknown. A mass for his soul was said on September 15, 1700.

Jolliet was one of the first people of European descent born in North America to be remembered for significant discoveries. Though no authentic period portrait is known to exist, Jolliet is often portrayed wearing either typical frontiersman garb consisting of scortums and fur hat or in sharp contrast, ensconced in the European nobleman's accoutrement his personal wealth and prestige would have commanded when living in colonial society.

Legacy

Louis' main legacy is most tangible in the Midwestern United States and Quebec, mostly through geographical names, including the cities of Joliet, Illinois; Joliet, Montana; and Joliette, Quebec (founded by one of Jolliet's descendants, Barthélemy Joliette); and the Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois. Also, there are numerous Joliet High Schools in North America.

The several variations in the spelling of the name "Jolliet" reflect spelling that occurred at times when illiteracy or poor literacy was common, and spelling was still highly unstandardized. Jolliet's descendants live throughout eastern Canada and the United States. The Louis Jolliet rose, developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, was named in his honor.

The Jolliet Squadron of cadets at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean in the Province of Quebec was named in his honor.

See also

French colonization of the Americas

Jacques Marquette

Indian corn, food eaten by Jolliet and Marquette on their trip to the Mississippi

Notes

External links

Jolliet 1645-1700

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

2006 Expedition following Jolliet's journey down the Mississippi

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Name	Saint Lawrence
Birth date	c. 225 AD
Death date	258 AD 10th August
Feast day	August 10
Venerated in	Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglican Communion, Lutheranism
Birth place	Osca, Hispania (now modern-day Spain)
Death place	Rome
Titles	Martyr
Canonized date	Pre-Congregation
Attributes	Usually holding a gridiron and wearing a dalmatic
Patronage	Rome, Rotterdam, Birgu (Malta), Huesca (Spain), San Lawrenz, Brgy. San Lorenzo, San Pablo City, Philippines (Gozo), Canada, Sri Lanka, comedians, librarians, students, miners, tanners, chefs, roasters
Major shrine	Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome
Prayer	The fire within him enabled him to withstand the external fire.
Prayer attrib	Pope Leo I }}

Lawrence of Rome (, lit. "laurelled"; c. 225 – 258) was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome, serving under Pope St. Sixtus II, who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian in 258.

Holy Chalice

According to lore, among the treasures of the Greek church entrusted to Lawrence for safe-keeping was the Holy Chalice, the cup from which Jesus and the Apostles drank at the Last Supper. Lawrence was able to spirit this away to Huesca, in present day Aragon, with a letter and a supposed inventory, where it lay hidden and unregarded for centuries. When Augustine connects Lawrence with a chalice, it is the chalice of the Mass: According to Christian history the Holy Grail is a relic that was sent by St Lawrence to his parents in northern Aragon. He entrusted this sacred chalice to a friend whom he knew would travel back to Huesca, remaining in the monastery of Saint John of Pena, core of spiritual strength for the emerging kingdom of Aragon. While the Holy Chalice's exact journey through the centuries is disputed, it is generally accepted by Catholics that the Chalice was sent by his family to this monastery for preservation and veneration. Historical records indicate that this chalice has been venerated and preserved by a number of monks and monasteries through the ages. Today the Holy Grail is venerated in a special chapel in the Catholic Cathedral of Valencia, Spain.

Jewels of St Lawrence

After the death of Sixtus, the prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence turn over the riches of the Church. Ambrose is the earliest source for the tale that Lawrence asked for three days to gather together the wealth. Lawrence worked swiftly to distribute as much Church property to the poor as possible, so as to prevent its being seized by the prefect. On the third day, at the head of a small delegation, he presented himself to the prefect, and when ordered to give up the treasures of the Church, he presented the poor, the crippled, the blind and the suffering, and said that these were the true treasures of the Church. One account records him declaring to the prefect, "The Church is truly rich, far richer than your emperor." This act of defiance led directly to his martyrdom. This can be compared to the parallel Roman tale of the jewels of Cornelia.

Martyrdom

By tradition, Lawrence was sentenced at San Lorenzo in Miranda, imprisoned in San Lorenzo in Fonte, martyred at San Lorenzo in Panisperna, and buried in the Via Tiburtina in the Catacomb of Cyriaca by Hippolytus and Justinus, a presbyter. Tradition holds that Lawrence was burned or "grilled" to death, hence his association with the gridiron. Tradition also holds that Lawrence joked about their cooking him enough to eat while he was burning on the gridiron, hence his patronage of cooks and chefs, stating something along the lines of, "turn me over ... I'm done on this side". One of the early sources for the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence was the description by Aurelius Prudentius Clemens in his ''Peristephanon'', Hymn II.

Some historians, such as Rev. Patrick Healy, view the traditions of how Lawrence was martyred as "not worthy of credence", as the slow lingering death can not be reconciled "with the express command contained in the edict regarding bishops, priests, and deacons (''animadvertantur'') which ordinarily meant decapitation." A theory of how the tradition arose is put forward by Pio Franchi de' Cavalieri. He postulates that it was the result of a mistaken transcription, the accidental omission of the letter "p" - "by which the customary and solemn formula for announcing the death of a martyr--''passus est'' ["he suffered," that is, was martyred ] -- was made to read ''assus est'' [he was roasted]." The ''Liber Pontificalis'', which is held to draw from sources independent of the existing traditions and ''Acta'' regarding Lawrence, uses ''passus est'' concerning him, the same term it uses for Pope Sixtus II (martyred by beheading during the same persecution).

Constantine I is said to have built a small oratory in honour of the martyr, which was a station on the itineraries of the graves of the Roman martyrs by the seventh century. Pope Damasus I rebuilt or repaired the church, now known as San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, while the minor basilica of San Lorenzo in Panisperna was built over the place of his martyrdom. The gridiron of the martyrdom was placed by Pope Paschal II in the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina.

Veneration

Lawrence is one of the most widely venerated saints of the Roman Catholic Church. Devotion to him was widespread by the fourth century. As his martyrdom occurred very early in Church history, many Non-Catholic Christians honour him as well. Since the Perseid Meteor Shower typically occurs every year in mid-August, on or near Saint Lawrence's feast day, some refer to the shower as the "Tears of Saint Lawrence."

St Lawrence is especially honoured in the city of Rome, where he is one of the city's patrons. There are several churches in Rome dedicated to him, including San Lorenzo in Panisperna, traditionally identified as the place of his execution. He is invoked by librarians, archivists, cooks, and tanners as their patron. His celebration on 10 August has the rank of feast throughout the entire Catholic world. On this day, the reliquary containing his burnt head is displayed in the Vatican for veneration.

The Escorial Palace, situated at the foot of Mt. Abantos in the Sierra de Guadarrama, was built by King Philip II of Spain to commemorate the victory of Spanish forces over those of King Henry II of France at the Battle of St Quentin, which took place on the feast of St Lawrence on 10 August 1557. To honour the martyr, the entire floor plan of this imposing edifice was laid out in the form of a gridiron, the means by which St Lawrence was martyred.

French explorer Jacques Cartier gave the name of Saint Lawrence to the widest river estuary in the world. At the mouth of this river is the large Gulf of Saint Lawrence, surrounded by all the Canadian Maritime provinces. Closer to the source of this river are the Laurentian mountains (north of the city of Montreal), the major Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent (borough), as well as the famed Saint Lawrence Boulevard that spans the full 11.25 km width of the island of Montreal. Further upstream, on the south side of the river near its source at Lake Ontario, is St. Lawrence County, New York.

St Lawrence is the patron saint of the monks of Ampleforth Abbey. St Lawrence is also venerated by Anglo-Catholics. A major church in Sydney, Australia, situated in the former civil (land division) parish of St Lawrence, is called "Christ Church St. Laurence". The Brotherhood of St Laurence also bears his name.

Prayer

This prayer can be found in the Divine Office on the saint's feast day, August 10: :Father, :you called Saint Lawrence to serve you by love :and crowned his life with glorious martyrdom. :Help us to be like him :in loving you and doing your work. :Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, :who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, :one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Or more accurately: :O God, :Blessed Lawrence showed forth the fire of his love for you, both by faithful service and glorious martyrdom. :Make us to love the things which he loved, :and to do the works that he taught. :Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, :who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

In the Breviary of 1962 (now authorized again) the prayer reads: :O Almighty God, :Who didst give unto Blessed Lawrence power :to be more than conqueror in his fiery torment; :grant unto us, we beseech thee, :the power to quench the flames of our sinful lusts. :Through Jesus Christ, we pray :Amen

See also

Saint Lawrence (disambiguation) for places, churches and schools called ''Saint Lawrence'' or ''Saint Laurent''

San Lorenzo del Escorial, the monastery built by Philip II to commemorate his victory at St. Quentin on the feast day of St. Lawrence. The monastery (and the attached palace, college, library, etc.) are laid out in a grid resembling a grill with a handle.

Saint Lawrence River

San Lorenzo de Almagro

List of saints

Lorcán Ua Tuathail, also known as St Laurence O'Toole

References

External links

Henry Wace, ''A Dictionary of Christian Biography'': Laurentius

''Catholic Encyclopedia'' Saint Lawrence

''Golden Legend'': "The Life of Saint Laurence"

Leo I: Sermon on St Lawrence

''Orthodox Christianity'' Church of Saint Lawrence

Church of Saint Lawrence, Birgu, Malta

Patron of Ampleforth Abbey, North Yorkshire

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Father Jacques Marquette S.J. (June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as ''Père Marquette'' or ''James Marquette'', was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan. In 1673 Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River.

Biography

Jacques Marquette was born in Laon, France, on June 1, 1637 and joined the Society of Jesus at age seventeen. After he worked and taught in France for several years, the Jesuits assigned him to Quebec in 1666 as a missionary to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. He showed great proficiency in learning the local languages, especially Huron. In 1668 Father Marquette (French: Père Marquette) was moved by his superiors to missions farther up the St. Lawrence River in the western Great Lakes region. He helped found a mission at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in present-day Michigan; and at La Pointe, on Lake Superior near the present-day city of Ashland, Wisconsin. Here he encountered members of the Illinois tribes, who told him about the important route of the Mississippi River. They invited him to teach their people, whose settlements were mostly further south. Because of wars between the Hurons at La Pointe and the neighboring Lakota people, Father Marquette left the mission and went to the Straits of Mackinac; he informed his superiors about the rumored river and requested permission to explore it.

Leave was granted, and in 1673, Marquette was joined by Louis Jolliet, a French-Canadian explorer. They departed from St. Ignace on May 17, with two canoes and five voyageurs of French-Indian ancestry (now recognized as the ethnic group Métis). They followed Lake Michigan to Green Bay and up the Fox River, nearly to its headwaters. From there, they were told to portage their canoes a distance of slightly less than two miles through marsh and oak plains to the Wisconsin River. At that point the French later built the trading town of Portage, named for its location. From the portage, they ventured forth, and on June 17, they entered the Mississippi near present-day Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

The Jolliet-Marquette expedition traveled to within 435 miles (700 km) of the Gulf of Mexico but turned back at the mouth of the Arkansas River. By this point they had encountered several natives carrying European trinkets, and they feared an encounter with explorers or colonists from Spain. They followed the Mississippi back to the mouth of the Illinois River, which they learned from local natives provided a shorter route back to the Great Lakes. They reached Lake Michigan near the site of modern-day Chicago, by way of the Chicago Portage. In September Marquette stopped at the mission of St. Francis Xavier, located in present-day Green Bay, Wisconsin, while Jolliet returned to Quebec to relate the news of their discoveries.

Marquette and his party returned to the Illinois Territory in late 1674, becoming the first Europeans to winter in what would become the city of Chicago. As welcomed guests of the Illinois Confederation, the explorers were feasted ''en route'' and fed ceremonial foods such as sagamite.

In the spring of 1675, Marquette traveled westward and celebrated a public mass at the Grand Village of the Illinois near Starved Rock. A bout of dysentery which he had contracted during the Mississippi expedition sapped his health. On the return trip to St. Ignace, he died at age 38 near the modern town of Ludington, Michigan.

A Michigan Historical Marker at this location reads:

The Ojibway Museum on State Street in downtown St. Ignace is in a building that was constructed over Marquette's gravesite during urban development.

Legacy and honors

Father Marquette is memorialized in the names of many towns, geographical locations, parks, a major university, and other institutions:

The Pere Marquette Railway was named after him.

Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The towns of Marquette, Michigan, Marquette, Wisconsin, Marquette, Iowa, Marquette, Illinois, Marquette Heights, Illinois and others.

Marquette County, Michigan, Marquette County, Wisconsin.

Marquette Island in Lake Huron.

Pere Marquette State Park near Grafton, Illinois.

Marquette Catholic High School, in Alton, Illinois.

Father Marquette National Memorial near St. Ignace, Michigan.

Pere Marquette Beach, a public beach on Lake Michigan.

Pere Marquette State Forest, in the State of Michigan.

Pere Marquette Township, Michigan.

Marquette Park in Gary, Indiana.

The Pere Marquette River in the Michigan.

Place Jacques Marquette, Laon, France (his birthplace).

"Cité Marquette", former US-City-Base (1956-1966) built by the Americans who were based on the NATO Air Force Base in Couvron (38th Bombardment Wing), Laon, France (his birthplace).

Marquette Park in Chicago, Illinois

Marquette Road in Chicago, Illinois

Marquette Building in Chicago, Illinois

Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria, Illinois

Marquette High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Marquette High School, Michigan City, Indiana.

Marquette High School, Bellevue, Iowa

Marquette High School (Ottawa, Illinois)

Marquette Academy, in Ottawa Illinois

In addition, statues in Marquette's honor have been erected in several places, including the Prairie du Chien Post Office, Parliament Building, Quebec, Canada; at Marquette University; Detroit, Michigan; and Fort Mackinac, Michigan. Other types of memorials were erected, including those at his birthplace in Laon, France; and St. Mary's Church, Utica, Illinois.

Photo gallery

Notes

See also

Sagamite

Marquette for other places, buildings and geographic objects named after Father Jacques Marquette.

Chicago Portage

Chicago Portage National Historic Site

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

''The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1610 to 1791'', including Marquette's journal

Marquette University

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Father Jacques Marquette S.J. (June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as ''Père Marquette'' or ''James Marquette'', was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan. In 1673 Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River.

Biography

Jacques Marquette was born in Laon, France, on June 1, 1637 and joined the Society of Jesus at age seventeen. After he worked and taught in France for several years, the Jesuits assigned him to Quebec in 1666 as a missionary to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. He showed great proficiency in learning the local languages, especially Huron. In 1668 Father Marquette (French: Père Marquette) was moved by his superiors to missions farther up the St. Lawrence River in the western Great Lakes region. He helped found a mission at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in present-day Michigan; and at La Pointe, on Lake Superior near the present-day city of Ashland, Wisconsin. Here he encountered members of the Illinois tribes, who told him about the important route of the Mississippi River. They invited him to teach their people, whose settlements were mostly further south. Because of wars between the Hurons at La Pointe and the neighboring Lakota people, Father Marquette left the mission and went to the Straits of Mackinac; he informed his superiors about the rumored river and requested permission to explore it.

Leave was granted, and in 1673, Marquette was joined by Louis Jolliet, a French-Canadian explorer. They departed from St. Ignace on May 17, with two canoes and five voyageurs of French-Indian ancestry (now recognized as the ethnic group Métis). They followed Lake Michigan to Green Bay and up the Fox River, nearly to its headwaters. From there, they were told to portage their canoes a distance of slightly less than two miles through marsh and oak plains to the Wisconsin River. At that point the French later built the trading town of Portage, named for its location. From the portage, they ventured forth, and on June 17, they entered the Mississippi near present-day Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

The Jolliet-Marquette expedition traveled to within 435 miles (700 km) of the Gulf of Mexico but turned back at the mouth of the Arkansas River. By this point they had encountered several natives carrying European trinkets, and they feared an encounter with explorers or colonists from Spain. They followed the Mississippi back to the mouth of the Illinois River, which they learned from local natives provided a shorter route back to the Great Lakes. They reached Lake Michigan near the site of modern-day Chicago, by way of the Chicago Portage. In September Marquette stopped at the mission of St. Francis Xavier, located in present-day Green Bay, Wisconsin, while Jolliet returned to Quebec to relate the news of their discoveries.

Marquette and his party returned to the Illinois Territory in late 1674, becoming the first Europeans to winter in what would become the city of Chicago. As welcomed guests of the Illinois Confederation, the explorers were feasted ''en route'' and fed ceremonial foods such as sagamite.

In the spring of 1675, Marquette traveled westward and celebrated a public mass at the Grand Village of the Illinois near Starved Rock. A bout of dysentery which he had contracted during the Mississippi expedition sapped his health. On the return trip to St. Ignace, he died at age 38 near the modern town of Ludington, Michigan.

A Michigan Historical Marker at this location reads:

The Ojibway Museum on State Street in downtown St. Ignace is in a building that was constructed over Marquette's gravesite during urban development.

Legacy and honors

Father Marquette is memorialized in the names of many towns, geographical locations, parks, a major university, and other institutions:

The Pere Marquette Railway was named after him.

Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The towns of Marquette, Michigan, Marquette, Wisconsin, Marquette, Iowa, Marquette, Illinois, Marquette Heights, Illinois and others.

Marquette County, Michigan, Marquette County, Wisconsin.

Marquette Island in Lake Huron.

Pere Marquette State Park near Grafton, Illinois.

Marquette Catholic High School, in Alton, Illinois.

Father Marquette National Memorial near St. Ignace, Michigan.

Pere Marquette Beach, a public beach on Lake Michigan.

Pere Marquette State Forest, in the State of Michigan.

Pere Marquette Township, Michigan.

Marquette Park in Gary, Indiana.

The Pere Marquette River in the Michigan.

Place Jacques Marquette, Laon, France (his birthplace).

"Cité Marquette", former US-City-Base (1956-1966) built by the Americans who were based on the NATO Air Force Base in Couvron (38th Bombardment Wing), Laon, France (his birthplace).

Marquette Park in Chicago, Illinois

Marquette Road in Chicago, Illinois

Marquette Building in Chicago, Illinois

Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria, Illinois

Marquette High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Marquette High School, Michigan City, Indiana.

Marquette High School, Bellevue, Iowa

Marquette High School (Ottawa, Illinois)

Marquette Academy, in Ottawa Illinois

In addition, statues in Marquette's honor have been erected in several places, including the Prairie du Chien Post Office, Parliament Building, Quebec, Canada; at Marquette University; Detroit, Michigan; and Fort Mackinac, Michigan. Other types of memorials were erected, including those at his birthplace in Laon, France; and St. Mary's Church, Utica, Illinois.

Photo gallery

Notes

See also

Sagamite

Marquette for other places, buildings and geographic objects named after Father Jacques Marquette.

Chicago Portage

Chicago Portage National Historic Site

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

''The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1610 to 1791'', including Marquette's journal

Marquette University

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Annie Villeneuve (born May 5, 1983) is a French Canadian pop singer-songwriter. She participated at the first season of Star Académie in 2003. She also sang the French and the bilingual official song of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, I believe/J'Imagine.

Biography

Annie Villeneuve was born on May 5, 1983 in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. She has a twin sister, Suzie Villeneuve, who also had a singing career until 2010. Villeneuve grew up around music and participated in her church choir. Later, she joined the choir La chorale des jeunes Saguenéens. In 2000, Villeneuve joined the musical group Québecissime from the Saguenay region. She has covered many popular songs by Canadian singers such as Celine Dion.

In 2003, Villeneuve participated in the first season of Star Académie, a reality television show similar to American Idol or Canadian Idol. She was one of three female finalists. Villeneuve did not win; however, the experience brought her exposure and popularity among the Quebec public. She released her first album Quand je ferme les yeux in 2005. This album has sold more than 120,000 albums (a high number in Quebec) and was certified Platinum. Her songs Un ange qui passe and Tomber à l'eau remained number one on the BDS Billboard for many weeks.

That same year, Villeneuve was nominated for three Adisq awards. She starred in the television show ''Annie Villeneuve Acoustic''. In the summer of 2007, Villeneuve co-hosted the artistic news TV show ''Flash''.

Villeneuve has worked with several famous artists such as Serge Lama and Garou. In 2005, Villeneuve was asked by Céline Dion to be a back-up singer at her show on Les Plaines d'Abraham for the ceremonies of the 400th anniversary of Quebec City.

In 2009, Villeneuve released her second album, ''Annie Villeneuve''. Her song "Ce soir" topped the BDS Billboard charts and her singles "Mon Héros" and "Rien de mieux à faire" were also successful. This same year, Villeneuve met Guillaume Latendresse, a French Canadian hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens and who now plays for the Minnesota Wild. They have been together since. In the winter of 2010, Villeneuve worked with Stephan Moccio to record both a French and a bilingual version of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics theme song. On the day of the closing ceremonies, she performed the bilingual version of "I Believe/J'Imagine" with Nikki Yanofsky, accompanied by Stephan Moccio on piano. She is now considering performing and promoting herself in France.

Talents

Villeneuve plays the piano, and during her shows she accompanies the song "Quand je ferme les yeux". As a speaker and presenter she took part in the reality show ''Star Académie'' in 2003. Later, in 2006, she co-hosted the television variety show ''Demandes spéciales'' with Marc-André Fortin and Audrey Gagnon. She and Patrick Marsolais also co-hosted the news program ''Flash''.

Social involvement

Villeneuve supports a number of social causes. She is the spokesperson of the Leucan foundation, a Quebec organization that supports children with cancer or leukemia. Villeneuve has also been a spokesperson for the annual radio campaign, Le club des petits déjeuners du Québec. She participates in numerous charity telethons like Opération Enfant Soleil, a foundation that supports the development of pediatric care in Quebec.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Peak
		2005					* Released: 2005	CD">Music recording sales certification
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2005				* Released: 2005	CD	—		Canadian Recording Industry Association>CAN: Platinum
2009				* Released: 2009	music download>digital download	—		* CAN: Gold
2010				* Released: November 9, 2010	* Format: CD, digital download	7		* CAN: Gold

Filmography

2003: La tournée Star Académie (DVD) (trans: Star Académie on tour)

2007: Annie Villeneuve Acoustique (DVD) (trans: Annie Villeneuve Acoustic)

Songs

2003

Et c'est pas fini (with the 13 other stars of Star Académie) (translation: It's Not Over)

Je vais changer le monde (with Jean-François Bastien) (trans: I'm Going to Change the World)

Quand tout ça sera fini (trans: Once It's All Over)

2004

Le sucre et le sel (with Suzie Villeneuve and Garou on his album) (trans: The Sugar and the Salt)

2005

Un ange qui passe (trans: An Angel Who Passes By)

Quand je ferme les yeux (trans: When I Close my Eyes)

Tomber à l'eau (trans: Falling in the Water)

Un homme (trans: A Man)

S'il fallait (with Suzie Villeneuve) (trans: If It Were Needed)

La moitié de moi (trans: The Other Half of Me)

Je penserai à toi (trans: I'll Think of You)

Toi et moi (trans: You and Me)

En silence (trans: In Silence)

Juste un instant (trans: Just a Moment)

2006

Une année en un jour (with Marc-André Fortin on his album) (trans: A Whole Year in a Day)

2007

All I Want For Christmas Is You (with Dany Bédar) (single)

2009

Ce soir (trans: Tonight)

Ton plus grand secret (trans: Your Deepest Secret)

Rêve encore (trans: Dream Again)

Rien de mieux à faire (trans: Nothing Better to Do)

C'est une autre histoire (trans: That's Another Story)

Les mains vides (trans: Empty Hands)

Comment te dire (trans: How Do I Tell You)

Le désamour (trans: Out of Love)

Plus rien (trans: Nothing More)

Elle veut parler (trans: She Wants to Talk)

Que feras-tu de nous (trans: What Will You Make of Us)

Mon héros (trans: My Hero)

2009

Entre l'ombre et la lumière (with Boom Desjardins on his album) (trans: Between the Darkness and the Light)

2010

J'imagine (French version) (trans: I Believe by Nikki Yanofsky)

J'imagine/I believe (Bilingual version)

2010

Joyeux noël (The Christmas song)

Marie-Noël (Mary-Christmas)

Le sentier de neige (The Snow Path)

Sainte nuit (Silent Night)

Ave Maria

Amazing Grace

Minuit, chrétiens (O, Holy Night)

Quand les hommes vivront d'amour (When Mankind Will Live with Love)

Le Père Noël a pris un coup (Santa Claus Had a Few [Drinks])

23 décembre (December 23)

Noël chez nous (Christmas at Home)

Happy Xmas

References

http://www.annievilleneuve.com/

http://www.zik.ca/zik/recherche.jsp?searchInput=annie+villeneuve

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