Denis of the Nativity
Denis of the Nativity, OCD (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.
In the Martyrology
- November 29 Blesseds Denis de la Nativité Berthelot and Redento da Cruz Rodrigues da Cunha, Discalced Carmelite religious, martyrs of Indonesia