Back دينيس المهد ARZ Pierre Berthelot (navigateur) French Dionisius dari Kelahiran ID Dionigi della Natività Italian Dionisius saka Kelairan JV Dionizy od Narodzenia Pańskiego Polish Dionísio da Natividade Portuguese Бертло, Пьер Russian
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, in Honfleur – 27 November 1638, in Sumatra) was a Discalced Carmelite friar 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.[1]
- ^ Guénin, Eugène (1903). La route de l'Inde (in French). Paris: Librairie Hachette. p. 250.