The Jeanne Mance Monument is a memorial in Montreal.

Jeanne Mance Monument

Location in Montreal
Coordinates	45°30′53″N 73°34′44″W
Location	Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
Designer	Louis-Philippe Hébert
Type	Monument
Material	Bronze (sculptural group), Grey granite (pedestal)
Beginning date	1909
Opening date	September 2, 1909
Dedicated to	Jeanne Mance

Overview

The monument by Louis-Philippe Hébert portrays Jeanne Mance comforting an injured colonist.

The monument to Jeanne Mance was unveiled on September 2, 1909, in front of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal. In 1909 was celebrated the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first three hospital sisters (1659). In 1642, she came specifically to establish Montreal's first hospital, Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal. The hospital operated at different location during the New France and moved to present location in 1861.

Gallery

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  Louis-Philippe Hébert's statue of Jeanne Mance at Hotel Dieu hospital (Montreal)
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  Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

Notes

• Alan Gordon, Making Public Pasts: The Contested Terrain of Montreal's Public Memories, 1891–1930. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001, p.135.

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