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Saint Petrus Yu Chong-nyul

Also known as

Peter Yu Chong-nyul
Peteuro Yu Jeong-nyul

17 February

Profile

Married layman and father in the apostolic vicariate of Korea. While reading the Bible to a group of friends at the home of a catechist one night, he was arrested, imprisoned and murdered for the offense of teaching Christianity. Martyr.

Born

1837 in Taphyen, Yulli county, near Pyongyang, North Korea

beaten to death on the evening of 17 February 1866 in prison in Pyongyang, North Korea

4 July 1968 by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)

6 October 1968 by Pope Paul VI

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle

images
- Santi e Beati

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

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