Blessed Maurice Tornay
Also known as: Mauritius; Mauricio
Feast Day
11-Aug
Born
31 August 1910 in Rosière, Valais, Switzerland
Died
Shot by Tibetan guards on 11 August 1949 in To-Thong, Tibet; buried in the garden of the Atuntze mission; re-interrred at the graveyard of the Yerkalo mission in Tibet in 1985
Beatified
16 May 1993 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy
Venerated
11 July 1992 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Maurice Tornay, also known as Mauritius or Mauricio, was born on 31 August 1910 in Rosière, Valais, Switzerland. He was the seventh of eight children born to Jean-Joseph Tornay and Faustina Dossier. It is believed that he was named after Saint Maurice of the Theban Legion, who had been martyred in the area.
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