Saint Barbara Cho Chŭng-i

1782–1839 · Modern

Feast day: December 29

Biography

Barbara Cho Chung-i (Korean: 조증이 바르바라) was a Korean Christian laywoman and the wife of Sebastian Nam I-gwan. She was born around 1782 in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, and was beheaded on December 29, 1839, in Seoul. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925 by Pope Pius XI, she was solemnly canonized in Seoul by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along with the other Korean martyrs. Saint Barbara Cho Chung-i is commemorated on December 29 and September 20.

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