Blessed Denis of the Nativity
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- Also known as
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Pierre Berthelot;
Dionysius of the Nativity
- Memorial
- 29 November
- 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
- 1600 at Honfleur, France as Pierre Berthelot
- Died
- tortured to death on 29 November 1638 on the Malay archipelago
- Beatified
- 1900 by Pope Leo XIII
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
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