Saint Lucas Hwang Soktu
Also known as: Luca Hwang Sok-tu; Luka, Luke, Lugar
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
March 30
Died
March 1, 30
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
6 October 1968 by Pope Paul VI
Biography
Saint Lucas Hwang Soktu, also known as Luca Hwang Sok-tu, Luka, Luke, or Lugar, was born in 1813 in Yonp’ung, Ch’ungch’ong, South Korea. He was the only child in a wealthy family and received a privileged upbringing. As he embarked on a journey to study in Seoul, Lucas had a fateful encounter with a person who introduced him to Christianity....
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