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Also known as: Pierre
Berthelot; Dionysius of the Nativity
Profile
Sailor from age twelve. Pilot-in-chief, cartographer, and cosmographer to
the king of Portugal, and to the French court. Still a member of the royal
court when he became a Discalced Carmelite in 1635 at Goa, India. With
Blessed Redemptorus of the Cross, he traveled as a missionary to the king
of Achin. He and his party were ambushed and martyred by Muslims.
Born: 1600 at Honfleur, France as Pierre Berthelot
Died: tortured to death on 29 November 1638 on the Malay archipelago
Beatified: 1900 by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized: pending
source:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintd24.htm
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