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Thus, in less than a century, it could boast of 10,000 martyrs. The death of these martyrs became the leaven of the Church and led to today's splendid flowering of the Church in Korea. Even today their undying spirit sustains the Christians in the Church of silence in the north of this tragically divided land". [6]
Thomas Son Chasuhn (1838–1866) was one of the Korean Martyrs canonised by the Roman Catholic church in 1984. His feast day is March 30, [1] and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20. Thomas was a devout Catholic.
Despite a century-long persecution that produced thousands of martyrs – 103 of whom were canonized by Pope John Paul II in May 1984, including the first Korean priest, St. Andrew Taegon Kim, who was ordained in 1845 and martyred in 1846 – the Church in Korea expanded. The Apostolic Vicariate of Korea was formed in 1831, and after the ...
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Paul Chong Hasang (1794 or 1795–September 22, 1839) was a Korean Catholic lay missionary known as one of the Korean Martyrs. His feast day is September 20, [ 1 ] and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20.
Saenamteo was named a "martyrs' shrine" by the Korean Catholic church in 1950. A monument to Catholic martyrs was placed in 1956, and maintained by the Clerical Congregation of The Blessed Korean Martyrs since 1957. In 1981 the Saenamteo Parish was split off from the Han River Parish, and a Catholic church was established by the Archdiocese of ...
John Baptist Yi Kwang-nyol (c. 1800 – July 20, 1839) was one of the 103 Korean Martyrs. His feast day is July 20, [1] and he is also venerated along with the rest of The Korean martyrs on September 20. John embraced Roman Catholicism with his elder brother when he was 28 years old.
Stephen Min Kuk-ka (Korean: 민극가; Hanja: 閔克可; 1787–1840) was a Korean Roman Catholic saint. He was martyred by strangulation after refusing to deny his faith. . His feast day is January 20, [1] and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September