Blessed Redemptorus of the Cross
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- Also known as
- Thomas Rodriguez da Cunha
- Memorial
- 29 November
- Profile
- Military officer.
Discalced Carmelite in 1615, taking the name Redemptorus of the Cross.
With Blessed Denis of the Nativity, he travelled as a missionary to the king of Achin.
He and his party were ambushed and martyred by Muslims.
- Born
- in Portugual as Thomas Rodriguez da Cunha
- Died
- tortured to death in 1638 on the Malay archipelago
- Beatified
- 1900 by Pope Leo XIII
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