Saint Petrus Ch’oe Hyong
Also known as
- Choe Hyeong
- Peteuro
- Peter Ch’oe Hyong
- 9 March
- 20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Profile
Married layman, father and family man in the apostolic vicariate of Korea. Adult convert. Catechist. Worked with Saint Ioannes Baptista Chon Chang-un to publish Christian books in Korean, and was imprisoned, tortured and executed with him. Martyr.
Born
- 1814 in Gongju, Chungcheong-do, South Korea
- 9 March 1866 in In-Ko-Ri, Seoul, South Korea
MLA Citation
- “Saint Petrus Ch’oe Hyong“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 March 2017. Web. 18 January 2021. <>