Saint Pierre-Henri Dorie
Also known as
- Peter Henricus Dorie
- 7 March
- 20 September as one of the Martyrs of Korea
Profile
Studied at the seminaries of Sables-d’Olonne and Luçon. Ordained a priest on 21 May 1864. Member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, and assigned to missionary work in Korea. Tortured and martyred in one of the anti–Christian persecutions.
Born
- 23 September 1839 in St-Hilaire-de-Talmont, Vendée, France
- tortured, blinded by having quicklime thrown in his eyes, and then beheaded on 7 March 1866 on a beach beside the Han River in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea
MLA Citation
- “Saint Pierre-Henri Dorie“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 March 2017. Web. 17 January 2021. <>