Denis of the Nativity, OCD, sometimes called 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. Prior to his entry he has been a sailor and cartographer in the service of the king of Portugal, and later. 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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1600 Honfleur, Calvados, France
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1638 (aged 37) Sumatra
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