BLESSEDS REDEMPTUS AND DENIS, MARTYRS

BLESSEDS REDEMPTUS AND DENIS, MARTYRS - 29 NOVEMBER

BLESSEDS REDEMPTUS AND DENIS, MARTYRS OF SUMATRA

Redemptus was born Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha in Paredes de Coura, Portugal on March 15, 1598. A soldier in the Portuguese army in India at first, he later joined the Carmelites in Goa as a lay brother in 1615. His name in religion was Redemptus of the Cross.

Denis of the Nativity (Dionysius of the Nativity, born Pierre Berthelot; December 12, 1600, in Honfleur) was a Discalced Carmelite friar in Goa. He had previously been a sailor and cartographer in the service of the king of Portugal.

Redemptus was sent by the superiors of the Order to accompany Denis of the Nativity as part of a mission from the Portuguese Empire to the Sultan of Aceh.

In November 1638, upon arrival in Aceh, all the participants in the mission were seized and arrested. They were then subjected to torture, and those who refused to deny their faith were executed one by one.

The two friars were led to a lonely spot on the seashore, where Redemptus was shot with arrows, after which his throat was slit. Father Denis, a crucifix in his hands, had his skull shattered by a blow.

Denis and Redemptus were beatified by Pope Leo XIII. in 1900.

Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemptus_of_the_Cross

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyrs Denis and Redemptus confessed the faith, may experience their goodness as they intercede for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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