Saint Barbara Yi Chŏng-hŭi

1799–1839 · Modern

Feast day: September 20

Biography

Barbara Yi Chong-hui (Korean: 이정희 바르바라) was a Korean Christian laywoman born around 1799 in Pongcheon, near Siheung, in the Gyeonggi Province of Korea, who was beheaded on September 3, 1839, in Seoul. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925 by Pius XI, she was solemnly canonized in Seoul by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along with 102 other martyrs of Korea. Saint Barbara Yi Chong-hui is commemorated on September 3 and September 20.

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