Saint Andreas Chong Hwagyong

Also known as: Andeurea Jeong Hwa-Gyeong; Andrea Tyong Hwa-Gyong

Saint

Feast Day

January 23

Died

January 1, 1840

Canonized

6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

5 July 1925 by Pope Pius XI

Biography

Saint Andreas Chong Hwagyong, also known as Andeurea Jeong Hwa-Gyeong and Andrea Tyong Hwa-Gyong, was born in 1808 in Cheongsan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. He lived during a time of intense Christian persecution in Korea and is remembered as a layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Korea....

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