Denis of the Nativity
Denis of the Nativity | |
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A devotional image of the Blesseds Denis and Redemptus, OCD (Denis on the left). | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | 12 December 1600 Honfleur, Calvados, France |
| Died | 27 November 1638 (aged 37) Sumatra |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (Discalced Carmelite Order) |
| Beatified | 10 June 1900, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII |
| Feast | 29 November |
| Attributes | Discalced Carmelite habit |
Denis of the Nativity, OCD (also Dionysius of the Nativity, born as Pierre Berthelot; 12 December 1600 – 27 November 1638) was a French Discalced Carmelite friar who served in Goa. He had previously been a sailor and cartographer in the service of the king of Portugal. He was killed in Sumatra while taking part in a diplomatic mission there on behalf of the Portuguese Empire. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1900.