Bernard Morizot
Layman, died in the evacuation of Buchenwald
Who they were
Bernard Morizot was a layman born at Avallon on 2 April 1924 and baptised on 8 June, active in his local Christian community, in the Catholic sports club of the town and at the school of Saint-Joseph. At nineteen he was put into the compulsory labour service in March 1943 and moved to Cologne-Ossendorf, and he died on 20 April 1945, aged 21, during the evacuation of Buchenwald. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV.
The miracles
The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A nineteen-year-old taken for forced labour at Cologne, he died at 21 in the evacuation of Buchenwald.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - cayre-cendrier-vallee-mestre-e-46-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.