A school named after Brebeuf had a mural depicting his death. They covered it because it was thought to be offensive to students of color. I guess the truth about the noble savages was too much for their delicate sensibilities to handle.
Catholics had their savage moments, too, when it came to roasting Luther’s Augustinian associates. Unfortunately, savagery is common wherever there are humans being humans. The Huron were not unique in having a savage past :
Hendrik Voes and Johann van Esschen, on the other hand, received the complete treatment. On July 1, 1523, the two were arrayed in the full ecclesiastical regalia of their order and led in a procession that included Aleandro, Latomus, and Egmond. The procession terminated at the square in front of the Brussels cathedral, St. Gudala, where pyres stood prepared. The friars were then ceremonially degraded, their monastic garb replaced with plain robes. Both were given one last chance to recant. Refusing the offers of last-minute reprieve, Voes and Esschen were fastened to stakes. Torches applied fire to the wood. According to reports, the two young friars sang Te Deum laudamus before succumbing to the smoke and flames.[9]
And a mob riled up by Dominicans and alcohol against the reformation in the low counties attempted to burn Brother Henry after abducting him in the middle of the night and dragging him naked behind a horse to another town. When they tried but couldn’t burn him to death, they opted to beat him to death, instead.