Order of Carmelites

Memorial of Blessed Denis & Blessed Redemptus

Today, November 29, is the memorial of Blessed Denis of the Nativity and Blessed Redemptus of the Cross.

Carmelite martyrs.

They were Discalced Carmelite missionaries sent to Sumatra in Indonesia during the Christian persecutions.

There, on November 29, 1638, the two friars were led to a desolate spot on the seashore, where Brother Redemptus was shot with arrows, after which his throat was slit.

Father Denis, a crucifix in his hands, was the last to die, his skull shattered by a blow of a scimitar.

They were beatified by Pope Leo XII in 1900.