Christian victims of persecution in 19th-century Korea; some canonized in 1984
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Korean Martyrs
Painting at Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim
Martyrs
Born
Various
Died
1791-1888
Venerated in
Roman Catholicism Anglicanism
Beatified
5 July 1925, by Pope Pius XI
6 October 1968, by Pope Paul VI
16 August 2014, Seoul, South Korea by Pope Francis
Canonized
6 May 1984, Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea by Pope John Paul II
Feast
20 September
9 May
29 May
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