Saint Andrew Chŏng Hwa-gyŏng

Andrew Chŏng Hwa-gyŏng (Korean: 정화경 안드레아; born 1808 in Chungcheong Province, Korea; died January 23, 1840, in Seoul) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church. He was an assistant to Bishop Laurent Imbert. Following the start of anti-Catholic persecutions, he was arrested and imprisoned in Seoul, where he was cruelly tortured. He was strangled to death on January 23, 1840. He was beatified by Pope Pius XI on July 5, 1925, and canonized by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984, as one of the 103 Korean martyrs. His feast day is observed on the anniversary of his death and on September 20 (as part of the group of 103 Korean martyrs).