Denis of the Nativity, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French sailor and cartographer for the king of Portugal
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Place of Birth: Honfleur, Normandy, France
About Denis of the Nativity
- Pierre Berthelot (Honfleur, 12 December 1600 - Sumatra, 27 November 1638) was a French sailor and cartographer in the service of the king of Portugal, and later Discalced Carmelite friar in Goa, taking the name Denis.
- 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 as Blessed Denis of the Nativity, O.C.D.
- (also Dionysius).
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