Saint Ignace Kim Che-jun

1796–1839 · Modern

Feast day: September 20

Biography

Ignatius Kim Che-jun is a saint who is one of the Korean Martyrs. He was born in Myonch’on, Ch’ungch’ong, Korea, in 1796, and was beheaded in Seoul on September 26, 1839. He was beatified in July 1925 and canonized on May 6, 1984. He was the father of Andrew Kim Taegon, a priest and martyr who died in 1846 and was canonized alongside his father in 1984.

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