Bene merenti de patria
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Bene merenti de patria is a silver medal
created in 1923. It is awarded by the Quebec
patriotic Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
to a "compatriot having rendered exceptional services to the homeland".
Medal
A medal, or medallion, is generally a circular object that has been sculpted, molded, cast, struck, stamped, or some way rendered with an insignia, portrait, or other artistic rendering. A medal may be awarded to a person or organization as a form of recognition for athletic, military, scientific,...
created in 1923. It is awarded by the Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
patriotic Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec Sovereignism. Its current President is Mario Beaulieu....
to a "compatriot having rendered exceptional services to the homeland".
Laureates
- 1924: Marie Lacoste Gérin-LajoieMarie Lacoste Gérin-LajoieMarie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie was a pioneer Quebec feminist who founded the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste , an organization which campaigned for social and political rights for women...
- 1924: Laurent-Olivier DavidLaurent-Olivier DavidLaurent-Olivier David was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician.Born in Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal, Quebec, the son of Stanislas David and Élisabeth Tremblay, David was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse and studied law in the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal...
- 1964: Sister Marie-Stéphane
- 1964: Wilfrid LaurierWilfrid LaurierSir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....
- 1965: Claude ChampagneClaude ChampagneClaude Champagne was a Canadian composer.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied violin with Albert Chamberland, organ with Orpha-F. Deveaux, and piano with Romain-Octave Pelletier I and Alexis Contant at the Conservatoire national de musique. In 1921 he went straight to Paris to study music...
- 1965: Lionel DaunaisLionel DaunaisNoël Ferdinand Lionel Daunais, was a French Canadian baritone and composer.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Daunais studied singing with Céline Marier and harmony and composition with Oscar O'Brien. In 1923 he won first prize at the Montreal Musical Festival...
- 1965: Aline Hector Perrier
- 1966: Annette Lasalle-Leduc
- 1966: Jean VallerandJean VallerandJean Vallerand, CQ was a composer, music critic, violinist, conductor, arts administrator, writer, and music educator from Quebec. As a composer he was active from 1935 to 1969...
- 1966: Eugène LapierreEugène LapierreEugène Lapierre was a Canadian organist, composer, journalist, writer on music, arts administrator, and music educator. He was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935 and the King George VI Coronation Medal in 1937...
- 1968: Dr. Pierre GrondinPierre GrondinPierre Rene Grondin, MD was a Canadian cardiac surgeon who was one of the first doctors to perform a successful heart transplant. He was legendary in his surgical abilities and style and brought many innovations to the Montreal Heart Institute after his post-graduate training with pioneers Michael...
- 1970: Clermont PépinClermont PépinClermont Pépin, was a Canadian pianist, composer and teacher.He was born Jean Joseph Clermont Pépin in Saint-Georges, Quebec in 1926. Pépin studied with influential Canadian composers Claude Champagne and Arnold Walter , and at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia from 1941 to 1944 with...
- 1972: Dr. Armand FrappierArmand FrappierArmand Frappier, was a physician, microbiologist and expert on tuberculosis from Quebec, Canada....
- 1974: Gustave Bellefleur
- 1975: Father Gustave Lamarche
- 1977: Raymond BarbeauRaymond BarbeauRaymond Barbeau was a teacher, essayist, literary critic, political figure and naturopath. He was one of the early militants of the contemporary independence movement of Quebec....
- 1977: Jean-Charles Bonenfant (posthumous)
- 1982: Séraphin MarionSeraphin MarionSeraphin Marion was a Canadian professor, historian and literary critic. He was born in Ottawa on November 25, 1896. He was a vocal advocate of francophone rights outside Quebec. Marion graduated from the University of Ottawa with a BA in 1918 and MA in 1922...
- 1982: Jean RougeauJean RougeauJean Rougeau was a professional wrestler better known as Johnny Rougeau. Rougeau started wrestling in 1951 as Johnny Rougeau after an amateur wrestling career. In 1956, he was joined by his brother, Jacques Rougeau, Sr.. He had feuds with Abdullah the Butcher, The Sheik, Ivan Koloff, Hans Schmidt...
(known as Johnny Rougeau) - 1983: Jeannine Séguin
- 1987: Gilles ProulxGilles ProulxGilles Proulx is a historian, radio and television host in the province of Quebec, Canada. His radio career began in 1962, and he would retire as talk radio host on CHMP-FM forty-six years later on August 7, 2008...
- 1989: Pierre-Louis Mallen (first non-Quebecer)
- 1990: Alice Poznanska-Parizeau (posthumous)
- 1991: Mary TraversLa BolducMary Rose-Anna Travers, was a French Canadian singer and musician. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the Queen of Canadian Folksingers. Bolduc is often considered to be Quebec's first singer/songwriter...
(known as La Bolduc, posthumous) - 1992: Dollard MénardDollard MénardBrigadier General Dollard Ménard, was a Canadian general who, as a lieutenant colonel, was wounded five times during the Dieppe Raid in 1942 while leading Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal. His story inspired a famous Canadian Word War II poster Ce qu’il faut pour vaincre...
and Eugenia Dias - 1997: Rosaire Morin
- 2005: Raymond Lévesque