Denis of the Nativity, OCD 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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12 December 1600

1638-11-27

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