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On September 20, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:

Holy Martyrs of Korea [also known as “St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, St. Paul Chong Ha-sang, and companions“] (Korean [93] and French [10] … clergy [3 missionary bishops, 7 missionary priests, 2 native priests] and laity [91] … tortured and martyred by beheading between 1839 and 1867 [beatified 1925 (79 who died before 1847) or 1968 (24 who died after 1859), canonized (all 103) 1984])
[Here are the names of the canonized martyrs. They are representative of the more than 10,000 people who died in Korean persecutions that extended over more than one hundred years.
(Note: When a Korean person's name is made up of three parts, the first is the baptismal name, the second is the surname, and the third is the pre-Christian given name. Thus, in American style, we would have called the most famous of the 103 martyrs, before his conversion "Tae-gon Kim," and afterwards, "Fr. Andrew Kim.")]
--- [Missionary bishops:]
----- St. Anthony Daveluy of Amiens [Antoine] (French, died at age 48 in 1866)
----- St. Lawrence Imbert of Marignane [Laurent] (French, 43, 1839)
----- St. Simon Berneux of Chateau-du-Loir (French, 52, 1866)
--- [Missionary priests and native priests:]
----- St. James Honorat Chastan of Marcoux [Jacques-Honoré] (French, died at age 36 in 1839)
----- St. Justin Ranfer de Bretenières of Chalon-sur-Saône (French, 28, 1866)
----- St. Louis Beaulieu of Langon (French, 26, 1866)
----- St. Martin Luke Huin of Guyonville [Martin-Luc] (French, 30, 1866)
----- St. Peter Aumaitre of Aizecq [Pierre] (French, 29, 1866)
----- St. Peter Maubant of Vassy [Pierre] (French, 36, 1839)
----- St. Peter Henry Dorie of Saint-Hilaire-de-Talmont [Pierre-Henri] (French, 27, 1866)
----- St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon of Solmoi (first Korean-born priest, 25, 1846)
----- St. Joseph Chang Chu-gi (Korean, 1860)
--- [Lay catechists:]
----- St. Andrew Chong Kwang-yong (d. 1840)
----- St. Damian Nam Myong-hyog of Munan (died at age 38 in 1839)
----- St. Ignatius Kim Che-jun of Myonch’on (43, 1839)
----- St. John Baptist Chong Chang-un (1860)
----- St. John Baptist Yi Kwang-nyol of Kwangju (42, 1839)
----- St. John Yi Yun-il (1860)
----- St. Joseph Peter Han Jae-kwon (1860)
----- St. Lawrence Han Ih-yong (1840)
----- St. Mark Chong Ui-bae (1860)
----- St. Paul Chong Ha-sang of Majae (44, 1839)
----- St. Paul Hong Yong-ju (1840)
----- St. Peter Ch'oe Ch'ang-hub (1860)
----- St. Peter Ch'oe Hy-ong (1840)
----- St. Peter Nam Kyong-mun (1840)
----- St. Peter Son Son-ji (1860)
----- St. Peter Yu Chong-yul (1860)
----- St. Stephen Min Kuk-ka (1840)
--- [Other laity:]
----- St. Agatha Chon Kyong-hyob of Seoul (virgin, died at age 49 in 1839)
----- St. Agatha Kim A-gi of Kangch'on (56, 1839)
----- St. Agatha Kwon Chi-ni (1840)
----- St. Agatha Yi of Seoul (16, 1840)
----- St. Agatha Yi Kan-nan ((1860)
----- St. Agatha Yi Kyong-I (1840)
----- St. Agatha Yi So-sa of Ich’on (55, 1839)
----- St. Agnes Kim Hyo-ju of Banisom (23, 1839)
----- St. Alexis U Se-yong (1860)
----- St. Anna Kim Chang-gum of Seoul (50, 1839)
----- St. Anna Pak A-gi (1840)
----- St. Anthony Kim Song-u (1840)
----- St. Augustine Pak Chong-won (1840)
----- St. Augustine Yi Ching-il of Cho Dong (48, 1839)
----- St. Augustine Yi Kwang-hon of Kwangju (52, 1839)
----- St. Barbara Cho Chung-I of Ich’on (57, 1839)
----- St. Barbara Ch'oe Yong-I of Seoul (21, 1840)
----- St. Barbara Han A-gi of Kwang-ch’on (47, 1839)
----- St. Barbara Kim of Shi-heung (34, 1839)
----- St. Barbara Ko Su-ni (1860)
----- St. Barbara Kwon Hu-I of Seoul (45, 1839)
----- St. Barbara Yi of Ch’ongp’a (14, 1839)
----- St. Barbara Yi Chong-hui of Pongch’on (40, 1839)
----- St. Bartholomew Chong Mun-ho (1860)
----- St. Benedicta Hyon Kyong-nyon (1840)
----- St. Catherine Chong Ch'or-yom (1840)
----- St. Catherine Yi of Seoul (56, 1839)
----- St. Cecilia Yu So-sa of Seoul (mother of St. Paul Chong Ha-sang, 78, 1839)
----- St. Charles Cho Shin-ch'ol of Hoeyang (44, 1839)
----- St. Charles Hyon Song-mun (1840)
----- St. Columba Kim Hyo-im of Bamsom (25, 1839)
----- St. Elisabeth Chong Chong-hye of Majae (virgin, 42, 1939)
----- St. Francis Ch'oe Hyong-hwan of Ch'ungchong (34, 1839)
----- St. John Baptist Nam Chong-sam (1860)
----- St. John Pak Hu-jae of Yongin (40, 1839)
----- St. John Yi Mu-nu (1839)
----- St. Joseph Chang Song-jib of Seoul (53, 1839)
----- St. Joseph Cho Yun-ho (1860)
----- St. Joseph Im Ch'i-baeg (1840
----- St. Juliet Kim of Hanyang (virgin, 55, 1839)
----- St. Lucia Kim of Kanch’on (21, 1839)
----- St. Lucia Kim of Seoul (70, 1839)
----- St. Lucia Pak Hui-sun (1840)
----- St. Luke Hwang Sok-tu (1860)
----- St. Magdalen Cho of Seoul (32, 1839)
----- St. Magdalen Han Yong-I (1840)
----- St. Magalen Ho Kye-im of Yongin (66, 1839)
----- St. Magdalen Kim O-bi of Seoul (65, 1839)
----- St. Magdalen Pak Pong-son of Seoul (widow, 43, 1839)
----- St. Magdalen Son Sob-yog (1840)
----- St. Magdalen Yi Yong-dok (1840)
----- St. Magdalen Yi Yong-hui of Pongch’on (30, 1839)
----- St. Maria Pak K'un-agi of Seoul (53, 1839)
----- St. Maria Won Kwi-im of Yongmo Ri (virgin, 21, 1839)
----- St. Maria Yi In-dok (1840)
----- St. Maria Yi Yon-hui of Seoul (35, 1839)
----- St. Martha Kim Song-im of Pup’yong (52, 1839)
----- St. Paul Ho Hy-op (1840)
----- St. Perpetua Hong Kum-ju of Seoul (widow, 35, 1839)
----- St. Peter Cho Kwa-so (1860)
----- St. Peter Chong Won-ji (1860)
----- St. Peter Hong Pyong-ju (1840)
----- St. Peter Kwon Tu-gin of Kyonggi (34, 1839)
----- St. Peter Yi Ho-yong of Ich’on (35, 1839)
----- St. Peter Yi Myong-so (1860)
----- St. Peter Yu Tae-ch'ol of Ipjong Dong (13, 1839)
----- St. Protase Chong Kur-bo of Songdo (40, 1839)
----- St. Rosa Kim of Seoul (widow) (55, 1866)
----- St. Sebastian Nam Ig-wan of Ch'ungju (59, 1839)
----- St. Susanna U Su-rim (1840)
----- St. Teresa Kim of Myonch'on (43, 1840)
----- St. Teresa Kim I-mi (1840)
----- St. Teresa Yi Mae-im of Pongch’on (51, 1839)
----- St. Thomas Son Cha-son (1860)

St. Candida of Carthage (North African, virgin, martyred in 300)
Bl. Clement Marchisio of Racconigi [Clemente] (Italian, priest, founded Institute of the Daughters of St. Joseph, died at age 70 in 1903 [beatified 1984])
St. Eustachius of Rome [born Placidus] (Italian, pagan general [convert], martyred by boiling in 188)
Sts. Evilasius and Fausta of Cyzicum (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], repentant judge and girl of thirteen tortured by him, martyred in 303)
Bl. Francis de Posadas of Cordova [Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican priest, died at age 68 in 1713 [beatified 1818])
St. Glycerius of Milan (Italian, archbishop, c. 438)
St. John Charles Cornay of Loudin [Jean] (French, missionary priest in Vietnam, tortured and caged for three months, martyred [cut to pieces] in 1837 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])
Bl. John Eustace of Mons [Jean] (Belgian, Cistercian abbot in France, d. 1481)
St. Joseph Mary de Yermo y Parres of Jalmolonga [Jose Maria] (Mexican, priest, founded Congregation of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Poor, died at age 52 in 1904 [beatified 1992, canonized 2000])
Bl. Mark of Modena [Marco] (Italian, Dominican priest, intinerant preacher, d. 1498)
Sts. Theodore, Philippa, Socrates, and Dionysius (soldier, his mother, soldier, and converted pagan priest ... martyred by crucifixion in 220)
Bl. Thomas Johnson (English, Carthusian monk, martyred by starvation in 1537 [beatified 1886])
St. Vincent of Strepy [baptized Madelgarus] (Belgian, father of four, widower, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 62 in 677)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints or blesseds and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Additional information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 20, 2004

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