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Korean Martyrs

Index Korean Martyrs

The Korean Martyrs were the victims of religious persecution against Catholic Christians during the 19th century in Korea. [1]

44 relations: Andrew Kim Taegon, Anglican Communion, Anna Pak Agi, Beatification, Calendar of saints, Canonization, Catholic Church, Catholic Church in South Korea, Catholic Persecution of 1801, Christianity in Korea, Claude-Charles Dallet, Confucianism, Edward Harper Parker, Gwanghwamun Plaza, Hanja, Jeong Yak-jong, Jesus, John Baptist Yi, John Yi Yun-il, Joseon, Korea, Korean War, Laity, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, Louis Beaulieu, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy, Passion of Jesus, Paul Chong Hasang, Peter Yu Tae-chol, Pierre-Henri Dorie, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Pope Paul VI, Pope Pius XI, Robert Jermain Thomas, Rome, Seohak, Seoul, Siméon-François Berneux, South Korea, Stephen Min Kuk-ka, The Venerable, Thomas Son Chasuhn, Yeouido.

Andrew Kim Taegon

Saint Kim Taegon Andrew (21 August 1821 – 16 September 1846), generally referred to as Saint Andrew Kim Taegon in English, was the first Korean-born Catholic priest and is the patron saint of Korea.

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Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion with 85 million members, founded in 1867 in London, England.

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Anna Pak Agi

Saint Anna Pak Agi (박아기 안나) (1782–24 May 1839) is one of 103 Korean Martyrs.

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Beatification

Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Canonization

Canonization is the act by which a Christian church declares that a person who has died was a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the "canon", or list, of recognized saints.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Catholic Church in South Korea

The Catholic Church in South Korea (called Cheonjugyo, Hangul: 천주교; Hanja: 天主教; literally, "Religion of the Lord of Heaven") is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

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Catholic Persecution of 1801

The Catholic Persecution of 1801, also known as the Sinyu Persecution (신유박해, 辛酉迫害), was a mass persecution of Korean Catholics ordered by Queen Jeongsun during King Sunjo of Joseon's reign.

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Christianity in Korea

The practice of Christianity in Korea revolves around two of its largest branches, Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 millionAccording to figures compiled by the South Korean National Statistical Office.

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Claude-Charles Dallet

Claude-Charles Dallet (1829–1878) was a Catholic missionary who is best known for his work The History of the Church of Korea (Histoire de l'Église de Corée).

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Confucianism

Confucianism, also known as Ruism, is described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or simply a way of life.

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Edward Harper Parker

Edward Harper Parker (3July 18491926) was an English barrister and sinologist who wrote a number of books on the First and Second Opium Wars and other Chinese topics.

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Gwanghwamun Plaza

Gwanghwamun Plaza (also known as Gwanghwamun Square) is a public open space on Sejongno, Jongno-gu in Seoul, South Korea.

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Hanja

Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters.

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Jeong Yak-jong

Blessed Jeong Yak-jong (1760 – 8 April 1801), also known as Augustine Chong, was a Korean Roman Catholic martyr who contributed greatly to the spread of Roman Catholicism in Korea.

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Jesus

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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John Baptist Yi

John Baptist Yi (c. 1800 – July 20, 1839) was one of the 103 Korean Martyrs.

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John Yi Yun-il

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Joseon

The Joseon dynasty (also transcribed as Chosŏn or Chosun, 조선; officially the Kingdom of Great Joseon, 대조선국) was a Korean dynastic kingdom that lasted for approximately five centuries.

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Korea

Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Laity

A layperson (also layman or laywoman) is a person who is not qualified in a given profession and/or does not have specific knowledge of a certain subject.

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Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert

Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, M.E.P. (23 March 1796 – 21 September 1839), sometimes called Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert and affectionately known in Korea as Bishop Imbert Bum (Hangul: Bum-Se-Hyeong) was a French missionary bishop in Asia.

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Louis Beaulieu

Louis Beaulieu (8 October 1840, Langon – decapitated 8 March 1866 at age 25) in Korea, was one of the priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was among the 103 Korean Martyrs.

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Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy

Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (16 March 1818 – 30 March 1866) was a French missionary and saint.

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Passion of Jesus

In Christianity, the Passion (from Late Latin: passionem "suffering, enduring") is the short final period in the life of Jesus covering his entrance visit to Jerusalem and leading to his crucifixion on Mount Calvary, defining the climactic event central to Christian doctrine of salvation history.

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Paul Chong Hasang

Saint Paul Chong Hasang (1794 or 1795–September 22, 1839) was one of the Korean Martyrs.

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Peter Yu Tae-chol

Saint Peter Yu Tae-chol (유대철 베드로) (c. 1826 – October 31, 1839) was one of the 103 canonised Korean Martyrs and a son of a government interpreter named Augustine Nyou Tjin-kil, also a martyr.

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Pierre-Henri Dorie

Pierre Henri Dorie (1839–1866) was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who was martyred in Korea in 1866.

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis (Franciscus; Francesco; Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Giovanni Paolo II; Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła;; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.

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Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI (Paulus VI; Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978) reigned from 21 June 1963 to his death in 1978.

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Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI, (Pio XI) born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in 1939.

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Robert Jermain Thomas

Robert Jermain Thomas (1839 – died c. 31 August 1866) was a Welsh Protestant Christian missionary who served with the London Missionary Society in late Qing Dynasty China and Korea.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Seohak

Seohak was the introduction of technology, philosophy and most prominently, Catholicism and Western ideas to Joseon Korea in the 18th century.

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Seoul

Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.

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Siméon-François Berneux

Siméon-François Berneux (14 May 1814 – 8 March 1866) was a French Catholic missionary to Asia, and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was canonized as a saint.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Stephen Min Kuk-ka

Saint Stephen Min Kuk-ka (1787 – 1840) is a Korean Roman Catholic saint.

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The Venerable

The Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches.

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Thomas Son Chasuhn

Thomas Son Chason (1838–1866) was one of the Korean Martyrs canonised by the Roman Catholic church in 1984.

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Yeouido

Yeouido (Hangul: 여의도, Yoi Island or Yeoui Island) is a large island on the Han River in Seoul, South Korea.

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Redirects here:

Korean martyrs, Martyrs of Korea, Martyrs of korea, Mary Yi Yon-hui, Peter Yi Tae-chol.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Martyrs

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