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Saint Agatha Yi Kan-Nan

Also known as

Agata Yi Gan-Nan

20 September

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Married lay woman. Widow. One of the Martyrs of Korea.

Born

1814 in Seoul, South Korea

20 September 1846 in Seoul Prison, South Korea

9 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

5 July 1925 by Pope Pius XI

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

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

MLA Citation

“Saint Agatha Yi Kan-Nan“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 September 2015. Web. 20 June 2019. <>