Blessed Denis of the Nativity
![[Blessed Denis of the Nativity]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintd24.jpg "jpg detail from a portrait of Blessed Denis of the Nativity by Spanish Carmelite Rafael Lopez-Melus; swiped from the web site of the Carmelite Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary")
Also known as
- Dionysius of the Nativity
- Pierre Berthelot
Profile
Sailor from age twelve. Pilot-in-chief, cartographer, and cosmographer to the king of Portugal, and to the French court. Still a member of the royal court when he became a Discalced Carmelite in 1635 at Goa, India. With Blessed Redemptorus of the Cross, he travelled as a missionary to the king of Achin. He and his party were ambushed and martyred by Muslims.
Born
- tortured to death on 29 November 1638 on the Malay archipelago
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- CarmelNet
- CarmelNet
- Catholic Online
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
