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: Madame 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 1977: Raymond Barbeau 1977: (posthumous) 1982: Séraphin Marion 1982: Jean Rougeau (known as Johnny Rougeau) 1983: Jeannine Séguin 1987: Gilles Proulx 1989: (first non-Quebecer) 1990: Alice Poznanska-Parizeau (posthumous) 1991: Mary Travers (known as La Bolduc, posthumous) 1992: Dollard Ménard and Eugenia Dias 1997: 2005: Raymond Lévesque 2011: 2012: Marcel Masse 2015: Gilles Rhéaume 2019: Yvon Groulx 2019: Yves Saint-Denis 2021: Yves Michaud 2023: Onil Perrier
References "Liste des Lauréates et lauréats du prix Bene Merenti De Patria" at Bilan du Siècle
See also Quebec nationalism