Saint Peter Yu Tae-chol 유대철 베드로 | |
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Martyr | |
Born | c. 1826 Ipjeong, South Korea |
Died | October 31, 1839 Seoul, South Korea |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 6 June 1925 by Pope Pius XI |
Canonized | 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | October 21; September 20 |
Peter Yu Tae-chol | |
Hangul | 유대철 베드로 |
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Revised Romanization | Yu Dae-cheol Bedeuro |
McCune–Reischauer | Yu Taech'ŏl Pedŭro |
Peter Yu Tae-chol (Korean: 유대철 베드로; c. 1826 – October 31, 1839) was one of the 103 canonised Korean Martyrs martyred during the Gihae persecution of 1839 ,[citation needed] and a son of a government interpreter named Augustine Nyou Tjin-kil, also a martyr. His feast day is October 21,[1] and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20.
After giving himself up, he was beaten, tortured with hot coals and then sent to prison, where he was strangled at the age of 13.[2][3]