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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".

Laureates

  • 1924: Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie
  • 1924: Laurent-Olivier David
  • 1964: Sister Marie-Stéphane
  • 1964: Wilfrid Laurier
  • 1965: Claude Champagne
  • 1965: Lionel Daunais
  • 1965: Aline Hector Perrier
  • 1966: Annette Lasalle-Leduc
  • 1966: Jean Vallerand
  • 1966: Eugène Lapierre
  • 1968: Dr. Pierre Grondin
  • 1970: Clermont Pépin
  • 1972: Dr. Armand Frappier
  • 1974: Gustave Bellefleur
  • 1975: Father Gustave Lamarche
  • 1977: Raymond Barbeau
  • 1977: Jean-Charles Bonenfant (posthumous)
  • 1982: Séraphin Marion
  • 1982: Jean Rougeau (known as Johnny Rougeau)
  • 1983: Jeannine Séguin
  • 1987: Gilles Proulx
  • 1989: Pierre-Louis Mallen (first non-Quebecer)
  • 1990: Alice Poznanska-Parizeau (posthumous)
  • 1991: Mary Travers (known as La Bolduc, posthumous)
  • 1992: Dollard Ménard and Eugenia Dias
  • 1997: Rosaire Morin
  • 2005: Raymond Lévesque
  • 2011: Réginald Chartrand
  • 2012: Marcel Masse

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