Saint Mary Yi In-dŏk

Saint Maria Yi In-dŏk (1819–January 31, 1840) was a Korean Catholic martyr and saint. Maria Yi In-dŏk was the sister of fellow martyr Magdalena Yi Yŏng-dŏk. During the persecution of Catholics in Korea, she was arrested alongside her older sister. She was tortured to force her to renounce her faith. Having refused, she was beheaded at Tangkogae, near Seoul (now part of Seoul), on January 31, 1840, together with five other Catholics: Peter Hong Pyŏng-ju, Magdalena Son Sŏ-byok, Agatha Yi Kyŏng-i, Augustine Pak Chong-wŏn, and Agatha Kwŏn Chin-i. Her sister, Magdalena Yi Yŏng-dŏk, had been executed in December 1839. Her feast day is September 20, as part of the group of the 103 Korean Martyrs. She was beatified on July 5, 1925, by Pope Pius XI and canonized on May 6, 1984, by Pope John Paul II as one of the 103 Korean Martyrs.