Urbain de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze

Urbain de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze
Born	(1794-10-07)October 7, 1794 Meyrueis, Lozère, France
Died	August 2, 1868(1868-08-02) (aged 73) Rikitea, Mangareva
Occupation	Missionary

Ruins of the Re'e Seminary College on Aukena, one of the earliest institution of higher learning in French Polynesia, founded by Urbain de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze

Coat of arms of the Florit de La Tour de Clamouze de Corsac family

Urbain de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze, SS.CC., (born Alphonse de Florit de La Tour de Clamouze; 7 October 1794 – 2 August 1868) was a French nobleman and later lay brother of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church. He was part of the Roman Catholic mission in the Gambier Islands from 1835 until his death in 1863. He founded and headed the Re'e Seminary College on Aukena, one of the earliest institution of higher learning in the South Pacific, where native Mangarevan boys were taught Latin and French as future clergymen. The young King Joseph Gregorio II was also educated at the College.

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