Denis of the Nativity
French sailor and cartographer for the king of Portugal
Feast: 29 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
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.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q2058977 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Denis of the Nativity (CC BY-SA)
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