Bene merenti de patria

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".^[1]

Laureates[]

• 1924: Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie
• 1924: Laurent-Olivier David
• 1964: [1]
• 1964: Wilfrid Laurier
• 1965: Claude Champagne
• 1965: Lionel Daunais
• 1965: [2] (fr)
• 1966: [3]
• 1966: Jean Vallerand
• 1966: Eugène Lapierre
• 1968: Dr. Pierre Grondin
• 1970: Clermont Pépin
• 1972: Dr. Armand Frappier
• 1974: [4]
• 1975: Father [5] (fr)
• 1977: Raymond Barbeau
• 1977: (posthumous)
• 1982: Séraphin Marion
• 1982: Jean Rougeau (known as Johnny Rougeau)
• 1983: [6]
• 1987: Gilles Proulx
• 1989: (first non-Quebecer)
• 1990: Alice Poznanska-Parizeau (posthumous)
• 1991: Mary Travers (known as La Bolduc, posthumous)
• 1992: Dollard Ménard and
• 1997: [7] (fr)
• 2005: Raymond Lévesque
• 2011: [8] (fr)
• 2012: Marcel Masse
• 2015: Gilles Rhéaume
• 2019: Yvon Groulx
• 2019: Yves Saint-Denis

References[]

• "Liste des Lauréates et lauréats du prix Bene Merenti De Patria" at Bilan du Siècle

See also[]

• Quebec nationalism
• Patriotism
• Awards