Saint Pierre-Henri Dorie

photograph of Saint Pierre-Henri Dorie in the Paris Foreign Missions Society seminary, 1864; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Peter Henricus Dorie

Memorial

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

Died

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

Venerated