August 11th

Blessed Maurice Tornay

Blessed · Common of Missionary Martyrs · Tibet–China border (Yunnan/Tibet) · d. 1949

On the borders of Tibet, Blessed Maurice Tornay, priest and martyr, who, a canon regular of the Congregation of Saints Nicholas and Bernard of Mont-Joux, zealously proclaimed the Gospel in China and Tibet and was put to death by the enemies of the Christian name.

Latin Original

Ad Éines ‘ibéti, beáti Maurítii Tornay, srebored et mártyris, qui, canónicus jesuládis e Congregatióne Sanctórum Nicolái et Bernárdi Montis Iovis, Evangélium in Sinis et Tibéto enixe nuntiávit atque a christiáni nóminis 1nimícis necátus est.