1760: morris and mauritius Oct 9, 2019

The names 'Morris', 'Maurice', 'Moritz' and the dodo bird all have one thing in common. St. Maurice—Anglicized as 'Morris', Germanized as 'Moritz', and most importantly Latinized as 'Mauritius'—was a 3rd century martyr venerated by several different churches. He is also the namesake of the island-nation of Mauritius, from where the dodo hailed.