Aug 11

Blessed Maurice Tornay

August 11th XX century

Name
Mauricio (Masculino)
Other saints
Other saints named Mauricio
Born
August 31st 1910 en La Rosiére, Valais, in current Switzerland
Dead
in To Thong, Tibet, in current China
Process
Celebration
August 11th
In the confines of Tibet, blessed Maurice Tornay, priest and martyr. He was Canon regular of the Congregation of the Saints Nicholas and Bernard of Mount Giove (Great Saint Bernard). Announced with enthusiasm the Gospel in China and in Tibet, and received the death at the hands of the enemies of the Christian name. Roman martyrology