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Martyrs of Jeongju

13 December

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Six Christian laymen who were imprisoned, tortured and martyred together in the persecutions in Korea.

Bartholomaeus Chong Mun-Ho

Iosephus Han Won-So

Peter Cho Hwa-so

Petrus Son Son-Ji

Petrus Yi Myong-So

Petrus Chong Won-Ji

beheaded on 13 December 1866 in Supjeong-i, Jeongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea

4 July by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)

6 October by Pope Paul VI

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

sites en français
- Societas Laudis

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Martyrs of Jeongju“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 June 2018. Web. 16 January 2021. <>