Saint Lawrence Han I-hyŏng

Lawrence Han I-hyŏng (Korean: 한이형 라우렌시오; born 1798 or 1799; died September 20, 1846) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church, a catechist, and a martyr. He was raised in a very religious family. As a catechist, he was arrested during the persecution of Christians and imprisoned in Seoul, where attempts were made to force him to renounce his faith. He was strangled in prison on September 20, 1846. 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, in the first such ceremony held outside Rome since 1369. His feast day is September 20, shared with six other martyrs: Peter Nam Kyŏng-mun, Susanna U Sur-im, Joseph Im Ch’i-p’ek, Teresa Kim Im-i, Agatha Yi Kan-nan, and Catherine Chŏng Ch’ŏr-yŏm.